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| Strong quake jolts southern Iran |
| 2006-07-22 |
 TEHERAN - A strong earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted southern Iran on Friday, state television reported.No casualties have been reported from the quake, which struck at 3:16 am (1146 GMT) with the epicentre outside the town of Shahr-e Babak in Kerman province. “The earthquake hit an uninhabited area in the desert so there has been no damage,” a local official identified only by his last name as Shojai told ISNA news agency. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #4 Wonder if it knocked the 12th Imam wannabe off of the stool? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-07-22 11:58 |
| #3 5.1 is not a strong quake. The Richter scale is a logarithmic scale. In terms of magnitude, a 5.0 to 5.9 is considered "moderate", so 5.1 is at the low end of moderate. By comparison, the San Francisco quake of 1989 was roughly 100 times as strong, and the Alaska quake of 1964 was over 10,000 times as strong. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2006-07-22 11:47 |
| #2 Near the well? |
| Posted by: KBK 2006-07-22 00:38 |
| #1 Ok, Jenkins. +.1 on the size, but 16 minutes off target time. Not too shabby, we'll call it a good test. Go ahead an' lock 'er down again... |
| Posted by: mojo 2006-07-22 00:36 |