Earthquake hits Iran

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

*Great Earthquakes in Diverse Places*

Saturday January 20, 12:33 AM Reuters

*Earthquake hits Iran*

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit
an area in southwest Iran on Friday, state television reported, but did
not report any casualties.

The brief headline on state television said the tremor hit an area
around Ramhormoz in Khuzestan province at 3.56 p.m. (12:26 p.m. British
time).

Iranian media had reported three smaller earthquakes in the same region
measuring four or above earlier in the day.

Earthquakes often strike in Iran, which is crisscrossed with faultlines.