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Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 hits Iran

TASS · 🇮🇷 public Iran · · 63 words
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What to know about Earthquake of magnitude 4.9 hits Iran

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake occurred in southern Iran, with the epicenter located 113 km northeast of Bandar Abbas. No casualties or damages have been reported.

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What happened

An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 has been registered in southern Iran, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center.

Why it matters

It said the epicenter of the tremors was located 113 km northeast of the city of Bandar Abbas (the water area of its port is located in the north of the Strait of Hormuz).

Common ground

There is no information about casualties or damage.

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A magnitude 4.9 earthquake occurred in southern Iran, with the epicenter located 113 km northeast of Bandar Abbas. No casualties or damages have been reported.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://tass.com/emergencies/2144303

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 3 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 has been registered in southern Iran, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center.”
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Multiple independent news sources (TASS, Axar.az, and another report on 'Earthquake Today in Iran') confirm a magnitude 4.9 earthquake in southern Iran, specifically attributing the data to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iran is one of the most seismically active countries in the world, being crossed by several major faults that cover at least 90% of the country. As a result, earthquakes in Iran occur often and are de…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_Iran
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of historical earthquakes. Historical earthquakes are significant earthquakes that occurred before the early 20th century. These events are primarily documented through written sources,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historical_earthquakes
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of 20th-century earthquakes is a list of earthquakes of magnitude 6 and above that occurred in the 20th century. Some smaller events which nevertheless had a significant impact are also incl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_20th-century_earthqua…
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Claim 2: “the water area of its port is located in the north of the Strait of Hormuz”
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Britannica and Wikipedia confirm that Bandar Abbas is a port city located on the Strait of Hormuz on the southern coast of Iran. The geographic location is an established fact.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hormuz Island (; Persian: جزیره هرمز, romanized: Jazire-ye Hormoz), also spelled Hormoz, Ormoz, Ormuz or Ormus, is an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormuz_Island
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bandar Abbas (Persian: بندرعباس, pronounced [bænˌdæɹʔæbˈbɒːs] ) is a port city in the Central District of Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran serving as capital of the province, the county, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar_Abbas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hormuz (Persian: هرمز) is a city on Hormuz Island and the capital of Hormuz District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan province, Iran.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormuz,_Iran
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Claim 3: “the epicenter of the tremors was located 113 km northeast of the city of Bandar Abbas”
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While TASS and 'Earthquake Today in Iran' report the epicenter as 113 km (or 112 km) northeast of Bandar Abbas, Axar.az explicitly reports the epicenter as 113 km northwest of the city. The direction is contradictory.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bandar Abbas (Persian: بندرعباس, pronounced [bænˌdæɹʔæbˈbɒːs] ) is a port city in the Central District of Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran serving as capital of the province, the county, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar_Abbas
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bandar Lengeh (Persian: بندرلنگه) is a city in the Central District of Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Bandar Lengeh is a port c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandar_Lengeh
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shahrak-e Darjetan Ebrahimi (Persian: شهرك درجتان ابراهيمي, also Romanized as Shahrak-e Darjetān Ebrāhīmī; also known as Ebrāhīmī and Shahrak-e Darjenān Ebrāhīmī) is a village in Isin Rural District, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahrak-e_Darjetan_Ebrahimi
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