TEHRAN ? A 4.9-scale earthquake struck the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas early Wednesday injuring at least 209 people, according to the official news agency Irna.
The quake struck at 2:56 a.m. (2326 GMT Tuesday) and also rocked the adjoining Qeshm highland.
?As of 6:00 a.m. today, we have 209 people wounded in the earthquake,? said Farshid Abedi, the head of the main medical university in Hormozgan province where Bandar Abbas is located.
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