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Iran
Focus
 Tehran, Iran,
Jun. 03 – A powerful earthquake struck the Iranian island of Qeshm on Saturday leaving a
young girl dead, state media reported.
The quake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck at approximately 10.45,
the official news agency reported, adding that the epicentre
was in the southern Iranian province
of Hormozgan.
A four-year-old girl died in the quake and two other people were injured,
according to Mehdi Iran-Nejad, the governor of Qeshm.
In November, 10 people died and dozens were injured when a 5.9 magnitude-quake
jolted Qeshm which is situated in the narrow Strait of Hormuz.
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