A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Turkish-Iranian border area Late Saturday, Destroy homes in West Azerbaijan Province in Iran, according to Iranian reports media Outlets and the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC).
According to preliminary notes of knight reporter, amount of destruction of Houses and buildings in the city of Relatively high semi-official news Fars Agency reported.
The earthquake had its strength of 5.6 was in depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles), EMSC said. Iranian media The earthquake said its strength of 5.9 f hit West Azerbaijan Province in Iran.
Iranian emergency officials said the rescue teams was sent to area And put hospitals on Alert, case media He said.
emergency official He told Iranian state television that it was snowing in Some of Earthquake-affected areas amidst freezing temperatures and there were some power cutbacks.
Mujtaba Al-Khalidi, the spokesman of Iran’s Emergency Organization told state television that initial reports indicated damage in Khoi as a result of The quake added that ambulances were dispatched from neighboring cities of Urmia and Tabriz.
the teams of Red Crescent Society in The province bordering Azerbaijan has also They were sent to the worst-hit areas to assess damage, officials said.
Governor Zabihullah Kazemi of The state quoted Khoi as saying news agency that 15 teams Sent to Quake-hit areas to assess the extent of damage and provide relief to people.
The province was hit by a 5.4-magnitude earthquake earlier this month that shook the province city of Khoi W caused Extensive property damage there.
In October, a magnitude 5.4 earthquake occurred in the city of Khoi injured nearly 400 people And caused partial or total damage to hundreds of Urban and rural residential real estate.
Iran is located in seismically active The region witnessed many catastrophic earthquakes in the past years.
The most devastating earthquake to hit Country in Last history came in 2013 when at least 34,000 people Die in the city of bam in southeastern Kerman Province. The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.7 on Richter scale.
In recent months, series of High and medium intensity earthquakes have hit interrupts in South and North of Iran.
Meanwhile, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said no damage or injuries were reported in Van Province, bordering Iran.
AFAD related teams She was still pregnant out Field work to determine damage in The area’s disaster and emergency management chief Yunus Sezer said on Twitter.
