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A large earthquake (7.8) has been reported on the border region in Iran near the border with Pakistan's Balochistan province.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000g7x7#summary
This is coincident with a number of mag 5 and 6 earthquakes along the junction of the Australian and Asian and Pacific plates, but the Iranian earthquake seems to be an interaction between the Indian and Eurasian plates. It would appear that the Australian plate is also pushing a little stronger into the Indian, Asian and Pacific plates.
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/plate.html
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000g7x7#summary
This is coincident with a number of mag 5 and 6 earthquakes along the junction of the Australian and Asian and Pacific plates, but the Iranian earthquake seems to be an interaction between the Indian and Eurasian plates. It would appear that the Australian plate is also pushing a little stronger into the Indian, Asian and Pacific plates.
http://www.learner.org/interactives/dynamicearth/plate.html