Several Tremors Jolt Tehran

Wed, March 3, 2010

TEHRAN (FNA)-

Three consecutive tremors hit the Iranian capital on Wednesday.

A report by the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University said that the slight tremors measured 1.7, 1.8 and 1.9 on the Richter scale.

The report also said that the Seismological network of the institute registered the mild quakes at 12:32, 13:21 and 13:34 hours local time (0902, 0951 and 1004 GMT), respectively.

The tremors were epicentered in an area 51.4, 51.5 and 51.8 degrees in longitude and 35.6, 35.7 and 35.7 degrees in latitude, respectively, it added.

Although the tremors were not felt in Tehran, the revelation frightened the informed population as the Iranian capital sits on two major fault lines and the capital's 14 million residents fear a major quake.

Historical records show that Tehran has been jolted by a devastating quake every one-hundred years, but it is now over a hundred and twenty years that no major quake has hit the capital, a further source of concern for the residents of Tehran who are fearfully waiting for an impending quake to happen at any moment.

Iran is criss-crossed with fault lines and is regularly hit by earthquakes, experiencing at least one slight tremor every day on average.

Also on Wednesday, an earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Delvar in Iran's southern province of Bushehr.

The Seismological network of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University registered the quake at 10:26 hours local time (0656 GMT).

The epicenter of the quake was located in an area 51.1 degrees in longitude and 28.6 degrees in latitude.

There are yet no reports on the number of possible casualties or damage to properties by the quake.

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