Fair quake jolts East Tehran
Tehran- A fair earthquake measuring 3-8 on the Richter scale hit Bum-e-Hen city 20 kilometer northeast of Tehran at the early hours of Saturday.

The quake has occurred in 7 kilometer depth of the earth.

East Tehran seismology center, close to Tehran Geo-physics institute, has confirmed the quake.

The quake has also hit Pardis town, near Tehran.

Red Cross Operations’ Management announced the quake has not left any body and material damages, Fars news agency reported.

Afraid of stronger quakes, the residents of the areas remained in the streets during the night.

 Last week a 6.2 quake hit some cities of East Azerbaijan in the east of Tehran. The quake left more the 300 people dead and over 1800 were also injures. 

News Code: 2271  |  Date: 2012/08/18  |  Time: 11 : 16

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