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Moderate quakes hit northeast, southwest Iran (173 words) |
 | The institute said in a statement released here on Friday that there have been no reports on possible damage to properties or casualties caused by Semnan earthquake. |
| It also reported another tremor measuring 3.5 on the open-ended Richter scale in suburbs of the city of Omidiyeh in the southwestern province of Khuzestan on Thursday evening. |
| According to the institute the Omidiyeh tremor occurred at 30.96 degrees latitude and 49.81 degrees longitude in an area near Omidiyeh. |
| Umidiyeh Air Base (184 words) |
| The 5th Tactical Air Base (N30°50'06.60" E49°32'05.70") is located outside of the city of Umidiyeh (Omidiyeh) in Southwestern Iran. |
| In a declassified report from 1991, the USS Midway reported that there were indications that te Iranian Air Force had based recently aquired F-7 aircrafts at Omidiyeh and may operate in SW Iran in the near future. |
| The F-7 is the Chinese version of the MiG-21 and could be mistaken for an Iraqi Fishbed. |
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