Earthquake rocks southern Iran

According to the Seismological Centre of the Institute of Geophysics of Tehran University, the earthquake struck Ziarat Ali, a town in Hormuzgan Province, bordering with Kerman Province, at 07:42 local time (04:11 GMT).

The epicenter of the quake was 57.25 degrees longitude and 27.9 degrees latitude.

There has been no report yet on the possible damage caused by the earthquake.

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