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Sat 07 Jul 2010Earthquake injures 170 in Iran
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 hit northeastern Iran, injuring around 170 people, state radio reported this morning.
The tremor hit the city of Torbat-e Heydariyeh, about 700 km (435 miles) east of Tehran, at 6:20 pm last night, and had its epicentre around 7 km outside the city.
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