At least five killed in magnitude 6.1 quake on Iran Gulf coast

DUBAI, July 2 (Reuters) – No less than 5 individuals had been killed and 49 injured by a magnitude 6.1 earthquake in southern Iran early on Saturday, state media reported, with the world additionally hit quickly after by two robust quakes of as much as 6.3 magnitude.

Some 24 tremors, two with a magnitude of 6.3 and 6.1, adopted the two a.m. native time quake that flattened the village of Sayeh Khosh close to Iran’s Gulf coast in Hormozgan province. The newest tremor occurred round 8 a.m., officers informed state TV.

“All the victims died within the first earthquake and no-one was harmed within the subsequent two extreme quakes as individuals had been already outdoors their properties,” mentioned Foad Moradzadeh, governor of Bandar Lengeh nation, quoted by the state information company IRNA.

Emergency providers spokesperson Mojtaba Khaledi informed state TV that half of the 49 individuals injured had been discharged from hospitals.

Officers mentioned search and rescue operations had ended.

Saeid Pourzadeh of the Kish island disaster job drive mentioned Gulf transport and flights had not been affected by the quakes.

State TV mentioned 150 quakes and tremors had struck western Hormozgan over the previous month.

Main geological fault strains crisscross Iran, which has suffered a number of devastating earthquakes lately. In 2003, a magnitude 6.6 quake in Kerman province killed 31,000 individuals and flattened the traditional metropolis of Bam.

Reporting by Dubai newsroom and Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru; Modifying by Chris Reese, Sandra Maler and Kenneth Maxwell

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