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July 25th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Iran’s Seismological Center said the quake struck at 11:20 a.m. local time on Tuesday (06:50:06 GMT) and the epicenter was six kilometers from the town of Boldaji, which is located near the city of Boroujen.
According to the latest reports, two aftershocks have occurred so far, with the most powerful being a tremor with a magnitude of 4.2.
The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has dispatched rescue workers and relief supplies to the disaster area in Boldaji, IRCS Rescue Department Director Mahmoud Mozaffar announced.
Iran is located on seismic fault lines and is prone to earthquakes, experiencing at least one small tremor per day on average.
About 27,000 people were killed and 30,000 others injured on December 26, 2003 when a 6.6-magntitude earthquake shook the historic city of Bam in southeastern Iran.
The deadliest earthquake in modern Iranian history was a 7.4-magntitude tremor that occurred on June 21, 1990 and affected Gilan and Zanjan provinces. About 40,000 people were killed, 60,000 others were injured, and around 100,000 adobe houses sustained major damage or collapsed.
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