Western Iran hit by magnitude 6.3 earthquake

Western Iran hit by magnitude 6.3 earthquake

 

[caption id="attachment_17495" align="alignnone" width="400"] (In 2003, some 26,000 people were killed by a magnitude 6.6 quake that flattened the historic southeastern Iranian city of Bam. (File photo: Reuters))[/caption]

 

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit western Iran on Monday, the United States Geological survey which monitors quakes worldwide reported, according to Agence France-Presse.

 

The quake, with an epicenter at 36 kilometers southeast of the Iranian city of Abdanan which lies near the border with Iraq, struck at 02:32 GMT Monday, the USGS reported.

 

The quake epicenter was recorded at a depth of 10 kilometers, the USGS said.

 

There were no immediate reports of damages or casualties.

 

Iran stands on several seismic fault lines.

 

In April last year, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Iran and neighboring Pakistan, killing 40 people.

 

A massive quake in December 2003 struck the southern city of Bam, killing 26,000 people and destroying its ancient mud-built citadel.

 

(By Staff Writer | Al Arabiya News)

 

(Al Arabiya News, 18 Monday August 2014 The Roman)