Monday, February 6, 2012

2/5/2012 Magnitude 5 Earthquake Strikes Near Iran’s Bushehr Nuke Plant

Source: Rianovosti
Date: 13:38 05/02/2012

The Bushehr nuclear power plant in south Iran

MOSCOW, February 5 (RIA Novosti)

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in south Iran, the U.S. Geological Survey said on its website on Sunday.

The earthquake struck at 9:40 a.m. local time (06:10 GMT) on Sunday some 70 km (45 miles) southwest of Bushehr, with its epicenter registered at a depth of 10 km.

There were no reports so far of any casualties or damage to the nuclear power plant caused by the quake.
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