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Iran: Earthquakes - Jan 2010

Status
Past
Countries
Iran
Disaster types
Earthquake

Between 16-17 January 2010, two earthquakes struck the same area of southwestern Iran overnight, damaging about 150 houses. The quakes of magnitude 4.9 and 4.1 occurred near the town of Andimeshk in Khuzestan province. (Thomson Reuters Foundation, 17 Jan 2010)