5.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Iran
An earthquake shook southern Iran Thursday evening near a
nuclear power plant, killing at least eight people and injuring 59 more. The
U.S. Geological Survey said the 5.6-magnitude quake was centered about 39 miles
(63 km) northeast of the Persian Gulf city of Bushehr, where the nuclear plant
is located, and 7 miles (14 km) northeast of Borazjan. The city is in Bushehr
province, which is the site of a nuclear power plant that went online in 2011.
There was no immediate report of how the plant fared in Thursday's temblor. In
August 2012, two earthquakes in northwestern Iran struck 11 minutes apart --
the first a 6.4 magnitude, and the second a 6.3 magnitude, killing at least 306
people.
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