08/01/2011 14:23
11 injured in southern Iran earthquake
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck southern Iran's Fars province on Saturday injuring 11 people and damaging some villages, the state television said on its website.
The quake, the second to strike Fars province since Wednesday, hit the town of Nourabad at 3:54 am (00:24 GMT), the report said.
"Eleven people have been injured, of which eight have been treated and released," the state television reported on its website citing the local disaster management center.