Hormozgan jolted with five consecutive earthquakes
An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale at a depth of 19 km of the earth shook Hormozgan once again. As of this morning, Wednesday, five events have taken place in this area.
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The epicenter was reported at 13 km of Jennah (Hormozgan), 16 km of Koukherd (Hormozgan) and 26 km of Bastak (Hormozgan), 187 km from Bandar Abbas and 347 km from Shiraz.
The National Seismological Center affiliated to the Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran, also reported the occurrence of the third and fourth earthquakes in Charak port of Hormozgan province between 10:34 and 10:45 this morning.
The third quake, measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale at 10:34:38 a.m. near the port of Chark, struck at a depth of 16 km and had a longitude of 54.35 degrees and a latitude of 26.72.
The quake occurred 7 km from Charak port (Hormozgan), 33 km from Jennah (Hormozgan) and 42 km from Kish Island (Hormozgan) and the epicenter was located 198 km from Bandar Abbas and 368 km from Shiraz.
A fourth earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale struck at 10:45:42 a.m. today. The longitude of the earthquake was 54.36 degrees and its latitude was 26.75 degrees and it occurred at a depth of 22 km.
The epicenter was reported at 8 km from Charak port (Hormozgan), 31 km from Jennah (Hormozgan), 40 km from Koukherd (Hormozgan) and 196 km from Bandar Abbas and 366 km from Shiraz.