TEHRAN (AFP)--A magnitude 4.9 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. local time (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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November 04, 2009 00:30 ET (05:30 GMT)