Tehran, July 22: A 5.4-magnitude earthquake has shaken the port of Laft located in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan.
According to the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the quake struck at 8:23 am local time (3:53 GMT) on Wednesday.
No casualties have been reported as of yet.
Iran sits astride several major faults in the Earth’s crust and is prone to frequent quakes.
The worst earthquake to hit the country in recent years devastated the southern city of Bam in December 2003, killing 31,000 people and destroying its ancient mud-built citadel.
The ancient city of Laft is located on Qeshm island in the Strait of Hormuz, to the southwest of Bandar Abbas
—–Agencies