Bushehr, Dec 30, IRNA - A relatively strong earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale struck the town of Shonbeh in the southern province of Bushehr Tuesday morning. According to the Seismological Center of the Tehran University Geophysics Institute, the tremor occurred at 07:49 hours local time (0419 GMT). It was registered in an area located ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's state TV says a magnitude 5.3 earthquake has jolted a sparsely populated district in the south of the country. The quake was moderate and no injuries were reported. The TV says the quake struck in Shonbeh on Thursday morning, at 04:01 a.m. local time (Wednesday 23:31 GMT). Last April, a magnitude 6.1 quake killed dozens ...