One killed in southern Iran quake

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LONDON, March 26 (IranMania) - One person was killed in a powerful earthquake that hit a mountainous area of southern Iran, state television reported on Sunday, according to AFP.
The quake struck on Saturday with a magnitude of 6.0 on the Richter scale, damaging some rural houses and blocking mountain roadways to villages, the report said, adding that 2,000 blankets and other items have been sent to the affected areas.
The epicenter was southwest of the town of Fin, north of the city of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province.
Last November, nine people were killed and scores more injured when a similar earthquake measuring close to 6.0 struck Qeshm island, just to the south of Bandar Abbas.

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