Iran earthquake latest: Magnitude-5.5 quake strikes near nuclear power plant | The Independent

Iran earthquake latest: Magnitude-5.5 quake strikes near nuclear power plant | The Independent: An earthquake has hit southern Iran just 60 miles from the country’s Bushehr nuclear power plant. It hit on Thursday morning and was also felt in Bahrain and other areas around the Persian Gulf. The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake struck at 6.34am GMT, some 60 miles east of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, the only operating nuclear power station in the Islamic Republic.