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Iran: 5.9 magnitude earthquake kills three people, over 800 injured

Iran earthquake kills 3, injures over 800 | Font: AFP | Photographer: SOHAIL FARAHHI

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At least three people were killed and more than 800 were injured in a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that hit northwestern Iran near the border with Iran on Saturday. Turkeyreported by the state media.

The earthquake occurred in the city of Khoy in the province of Western Azerbaijan at 21:44 local time (18:14 GMT). Seismological Center of the University from Tehran.

earthquake three left dead and 816 wounded, most of them minor, according to a report by West Azerbaijan Governor Mohammad Sadegh Motamedyan to the Irna news agency.

AND balance The previous report reported two dead and 580 injured. Of the wounded 30 hospitalized.

Houses were damaged in about 70 villages, and damage was greater in urban areas than in previous years. earthquakes in the region, Motamedyan said.

over 20 replicas they sowed panic among the townspeople, many of whom, despite the cold, left their homes.

Footage released by Iranian media shows people sitting around fires under blankets while snow wave hit the northwest of the country.

Iran is located on the borders of several major tectonic plates and often experiences seismic activity.

January 18 a earthquake magnitude 5.8 near Khoi affected hundreds of people.

earthquake The deadliest recorded in Iran was a magnitude 7.4 in 1990, when 40,000 people died, 300,000 were injured and about 500,000 were left homeless in the north of the country.

AFP


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