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Magnitude-5.1 quake hits southern Iran -- USGS

(Xinhua)

08:46, May 24, 2013

HONG KONG, May 24 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted southern Iran at 2244 GMT on Thursday ( 0644 Beijing Time on Friday), the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 9.80 km, was initially determined to be at 27.2095 degrees north latitude and 53.6110 degrees east longitude.

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