Magnitude 4.9 Quake Hits Iran’s Bushehr Province
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale jolted an area in Iran’s southern province of Bushehr on Friday but there are no reports of damage or casualties, according to provincial officials.
The temblor struck the city of Kalameh, Bushehr Province, at 5:23 AM (local time) on Friday.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10km, was determined to be at 28.89 degrees of north latitude and 51.39 degrees of east longitude.
The quake has left no casualties or damages, according to the director-general of Bushehr Province’s Crisis Management Department.
Iran is one of the most seismically active countries in the world, being crossed by several major fault lines that cover at least 90% of the country. As a result, earthquakes in Iran occur often and are destructive.
On November 12, 2017, the western province of Kermanshah was hit by a major 7.3-magnitude quake that killed 620 people.
The deadliest quake in Iran's modern history happened in June 1990. It destroyed the northern cities of Rudbar, Manjil, and Loshan, along with hundreds of villages, killing an estimated 37,000 people.
Bam in the country’s southeastern province of Kerman witnessed a strong quake in December 2003 which killed 31,000 people.