Two strong earthquakes measuring 6.3 and 6.4 struck the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan near the port city of Bandar Abbas on Sunday.

According to Iran�s Seismological Center affiliated with the Institute of Geophysics of Tehran University, the first earthquake occurred at 15:36�p.m. local time on Sunday at a depth of 18 kilometers.

The second one occurred at 15:37�p.m. local time�at a depth of 10�kilometers.

The epicentre of the quakes was located at�56.03 degrees longitude�and�27.71degrees latitude.

 

Source: Mehr