Quake rattles southern Iran, four Afghan labourers killed
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ANKARA - An earthquake shook Iran's southern Fars province on Friday, killing four Afghan labourers and prompting a search operation for other casualties in the thinly-populated mountainous area, Iranian state TV said.
The shallow magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck at dawn, with its epicentre 53 km southwest (33 miles) of the city of Jahrom, the USGS said. Iranian media said the quake measured 5.1.
"Four Afghans living and working on a farm were killed ... (in) Saifabad village near the town of Khonj," state TV reported.
The governor of Fars province, Mokhtar Abbasi, told state TV that rescuers were searching the quake zone for any other victims in the sparsely populated region.
