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'Devastating' Quake Strikes Near Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Plant, Kills Dozens
(NBC News) Alastair Jamieson and John Newland - 'Devastating' Quake Strikes Near Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Plant, Kills Dozens A magnitude-6.3 earthquake struck near Iran's only nuclear power station Tuesday, killing at least 37 people and injuring hundreds, according to one report, and generating tremors that were felt on the other side of the Persian Gulf. The quake struck about 60 miles southeast of the city of Bushehr on Iran's south coast, the U.S. Geological Survey said. "No damage was done to Bushehr power plant," Bushehr provincial governor Fereidoun Hasanvand told state TV according to The Associated Press. He said 850 people were injured, including 100 who were hospitalized. Government news agency IRNA described the quake as "devastating" and reported that the dead were in the villages of Shanbe and Tasouj. One hundred ambulances were being sent to the area from the capital Tehran, it said.