A strong earthquake of 6.2 magnitude hit southern Iran early Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
The epicentre of the quake was measured at 85 kilometres (52 miles) southeast of the southern town of Minab at 0208 GMT, the USGS said. It was at a depth of 36.44 km.
The USGS said there was a 35 percent chance of fatalities from the quake which the Hong Kong Observatory measured at 6.1 magnitude.
The US observatory registered a series of aftershocks, soon after the original quake, measuring between 4.6-4.8.
Iran sits astride several major fault lines and is prone to frequent earthquakes, some of which have been devastating.
Last month, the biggest earthquake to hit the country in 50 years, measuring 7.8, killed a woman and injuring more than a dozen other people in the southeast.
At least 40 people were killed across the border in Pakistan where hundreds of mud homes were levelled.
A double earthquake, one measuring 6.2 and the other 6.0, struck northwestern Iran last August, killing more than 300 people and injuring 3,000.
In December 2003, a massive quake struck the southern city of Bam. It killed 26,271 people — about a quarter of the population — and destroyed the city’s ancient mud-built citadel.
Strong quake hits southern Iran
