5.9 quake injures nearly 130 in western Iran

File picture.

File picture.

Published Jul 22, 2018

Share

DUBAI - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit

western Iran on Sunday, injuring at least 128 people, hours

after two quakes struck Hormozgan province in the south, state

television reported.

Houshang Bazvand, governor of the western province of

Kermanshah, said that most of the 128 who received treatment did

not require hospitalisation, the television station added.

State media said that two earlier earthquakes, with

magnitudes of 4.7 and 5.7, had damaged buildings in a few

villages without causing casualties.

Morteza Salimi, head of rescue at Iran’s Red Crescent, said

that damage from the two earlier quakes appeared to be light.

"Reports indicate that some walls have collapsed, but extensive

damage has not been reported," Salimi told official news agency

IRNA.

Iran is crisscrossed by major geological fault lines and has

suffered several devastating earthquakes in recent years. 

Last

November, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit western Kermanshah

province, killing at least 620 people and injuring thousands. 

*Receive IOL's top stories via Whatsapp by sending your name to 0745573535.

Reuters

Related Topics: