Iran Nuclear Plant Working Normally After Quake

earthquake map — Map of earthquake location today (April 9, 2013) in Iran.

(Image credit: USGS.)

A nuclear reactor located near a magnitude-6.3 earthquake that struck Iran today (April 9) is working normally, news sources say.

Three people died in a quake whose epicenter was about 55 miles (89 kilometers) southeast of the Bushehr nuclear plant in southwest Iran, the BBC reported. The earthquake was followed by a series of aftershocks, the largest of which was magnitude 5.4.

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