Iran | Hundreds injured after an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 on the open Richter scale struck the city of Khoi in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province today, injuring at least 120 people. According to the AFP agency, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the American Institute of Geophysics (USGS). Meanwhile, the seismological center of the University of Tehran detected that the telluric movement had a magnitude of 5.4 and was recorded at a depth of 12 kilometers. According to the director general of the provincial emergency management agency, Abbas Jafari, all relief services are on high alert to ensure the care of the injured and affected. And according to the information provided by the emergency services, no fatalities were recorded, although about two hundred homes suffered great damage, according to the news agency Tasnim. After the strong earthquake, at least five other aftershocks were recorded, the largest of them amounts to magnitude 4.1, according to the news agency. DPA. On the other hand, regarding the cold weather conditions that hit the area, Jafari explained that the competent authorities will meet to address the situation and will make “the necessary decisions” according to the report made by the Red Crescent. The epicenter of the earthquake is located in the confines of several tectonic plates and crossed by several fissures, Iran is an area of strong seismic activity.

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