Dozens of people died Tuesday in a 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck the southern Iranian province of Bushehr. Bushehr governor Fereydoun Hassanvand told local media that at least 37 people had lost their lives. An estimated 850 people were injured of whom 100 had to be hospitalized, he added. Iranian experts placed the epicentre of the quake in the Dashti area. Homes in the towns of Shonbeh and Kaki were devastated, with residents fleeing buildings fearing aftershocks.
