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.