Five people died and some 100 were injured this Saturday in Iran after three earthquakes that destroyed half of a town in the south of the country next to the Strait of Hormuz, announced the spokesman for the national emergency service.
“Five people died and 93 were injured, seven of whom remain hospitalized.According to the latest assessment made by the spokesman for the national emergency service, Mojataba Khaledi, on Iranian public television.
The initial balance showed that at least three people died in an earthquake of magnitude 6, on the open Richer scale, registered in southern Iran, according to the Iranian state news agency, which added that 19 people were injured.
Iran has recorded three earthquakes, including two of magnitude 6 and one of magnitude 5.7, which shook Hormozgan province and turned half of Sayeh Khosh village into ruins.
The first earthquake occurred around 02:00 local time (21:30 GMT) at a depth of 16 kilometers, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), followed by two more two hours later, at a depth of 10 kilometers. .
These earthquakes occurred near the town of Sayeh Khosh, located 100 kilometers southwest of the port of Bandar Abbas, a city of half a million people located on the Strait of Hormuz.
According to the Iranian branch of the international Red Crescent humanitarian movement, the search and rescue operations are almost over.
“We focus on receiving earthquake victimsHormozgan province governor Mehdi Dousti said, adding that half the village of Sayeh Khosh was destroyed.
According to state television footage, several residential buildings collapsed in Sayeh Khosh and the village was left without electricity after a power outage.
Historic buildings were also affected, including 50 damaged old mills on Qeshm Island, according to a regional heritage official.
In Bandar Abbas, the capital of Hormozgan province, people spent the night on the streets after the earthquake and Long lines formed in front of gas stations.according to public television, noting that electricity was also cut in some 30 villages.
In November 2021, in the same province, two earthquakes of magnitude 6.4 and 6.3 caused one death.
Located at the junction of several tectonic plates, Iran is an area of strong seismic activity.
In 2003, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake partially destroyed the city of Bam (southeast) and killed at least 31,000 people.
A decade earlier, in 1990, around 40,000 people lost their lives after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit northern Iran.
Source: Observadora
