Strong earthquake hits western Iran

TEHRAN, Aug 6 (AFP) - An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale rocked a region in western Iran, the official IRNA news agency said Thursday.

The quake hit suburbs of the towns Mehran, Saleh-Abad and Abdanan in Ilam province late Wednesday.

The tremor was the latest in a series recorded in different parts of Iran over the past few days.

A day earlier, a 5.2-degree quake struck the Bojnurd region of northeastern Khorassan province, causing some damage. The walls of a shrine and several houses crumbled.

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