An earthquake in Iran killed at least five people on Saturday and injured 49 others. The quake in the south of the country near the Gulf Coast had a magnitude of 6.1. It struck around 2 a.m. local time, followed by more than 20 tremors in the area at 8 a.m. — including another 6.1 on the Richter scale and a 6.3 on the Richter scale. .
“All the victims died in the first earthquake and no one was injured in the next two major quakes as people were already outside their homes,” the Irna news agency quoted an official as saying. An emergency services spokesman told state television that about half of the 49 injured have been released from hospitals. According to authorities, search and rescue operations have been suspended.
A week ago, an earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit southern Iran, killing one person. More than 1,000 people have died in a devastating earthquake in neighboring Afghanistan. Massive earthquakes repeatedly occur in the area where the Arabian, Indian and Eurasian plates meet.
Strong earthquake in Japan
In Japan, meanwhile, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake was measured in the Hokkaido region, the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said. The quake struck at a depth of 308 km, the rescue service reported.
Source: Krone
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