Ref: OCHA/GVA - 98/0171
1. The UN Resident Coordinator in Iran informs that an earthquake measuring 6.4 at the Richter scale impacted provinces of Yazd, Kerman, and Hormozgan at hours 23:12 local time (19:42 GMT) on 14 March 1998. The epicenter is Golbaft, a small city of 12,000 people to the southeast of Kerman - 950 km southeast of Tehran. (The US Geological Survey reported that the quake measured 6.9 on the Richter scale and had its epicenter about 35 miles east-southeast of Kerman.)

2. According to the Disaster Task Force