Iran quake injures 274; new tremor further south
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An earthquake in northeastern Iran injured 274 people on Friday, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported, and a slightly stronger tremor struck central Iran on Saturday. The first quake with a magnitude of 5.7 hit the city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh, about 700 km (435 miles) east of Tehran, at 6:20 pm (1350 GMT) on Friday, and had its epicentre around 7 km from the city.
Many people spent the night outdoors in the city's parks fearing aftershocks. No deaths were reported. Further south, a quake of 5.8 magnitude hit the Kerman region at 11:22 a.m. (0652 GMT) on Saturday, Tehran University's seismological centre reported. There were no initial reports of casualties or damage. (Reuters)
