May 20 (Reuters) – A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck near Southern Iran on Wednesday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
The quake was at a depth of 14 km (8.7 miles), EMSC said.
Iran’s Fars News Agency reported that a 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck parts of Hormozgan province and was felt by residents of Qeshm and Hormoz cities, as well as rural areas in Bandar Abbas. The agency added that the epicentre was near Bandar Laf at a depth of 20 km.
(Reporting by Fabiola Arámburo in Mexico City and Ahmed Tolba in Cairo; Editing by Himani Sarkar)
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