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A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted southern Iran on Wednesday, injuring 16 people and destroying as many as 10 villages, Mehr news agency reported.
The quake struck at 9:25 am (5:55 GMT, 1.55 pm S'pore time) in the Ardakan region of Fars province, disaster-management official Hamid Taghzadeh was cited as saying in the report.
'Sixteen people have been injured, while 17 villages have been damaged, of which six to 10 are completely destroyed,' he said.
At least five aftershocks occurred after the main quake, which also rattled the provincial capital of Shiraz, Mehr reported.
Iran sits astride several major fault lines in the Earth's crust and is prone to frequent quakes, many of which have been devastating.
A quake on December 21 in the southeastern province of Kerman had left seven people dead, wrecked several villages and brought down power lines.
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