State TV: 5.8 quake jolts southeastern Iran, day after tremor in northeast injured 110 people
By APSaturday, July 31, 2010
5.8 quake shakes Iran, no word on casualties
TEHRAN, Iran — A magnitude 5.8 earthquake jolted southeastern Iran on Saturday, the country’s state television reported. There was no word on casualties or damage.
The TV’s website said the quake struck in the Negar region of Kerman province at 11:22 a.m. local time (6:52 GMT), an area about 670 miles (1,075 kilometers) south of the capital, Tehran.
The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake’s strength at magnitude 5.3.
Saturday’s earthquake came only a day after a magnitude 5.7 quake injured 170 people in the northeast city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh, damaging several villages in the region and temporarily disrupting communications.
Iran is located on seismic fault lines and is prone to earthquakes. It experiences at least one slight earthquake every day on average.
Some 26,000 people were killed by a magnitude 6.6 quake that flattened the historic southeastern city of Bam in 2003.
