Strong quake hits remote area in southwest Iran

Published August 18, 2014 8:58am ET



TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A strong, magnitude 6.2 earthquake jolted a sparsely populated mountainous province near Iran’s border with Iraq on Monday, Iranian state television reported.

There were no reports of fatalities but a local official said some 60 people have been injured and that the temblor had caused widespread damage.

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