As many as five earthquakes hit southern Iran on Saturday early morning, ranging from a magnitude of 4.3 to 6.3, The state news agency IRN...
As many as five earthquakes hit southern Iran on Saturday early morning, ranging from a magnitude of 4.3 to 6.3,
The state news agency IRNA said a magnitude 6.3 earthquake and a magnitude 6.1 hit followed the 6.1 hit that flattened the village of Sayeh Khosh near Iran's Gulf coast. At least five people have been killed and 12 are hospitalised so far.
As Mehrdad Hassanzadeh, Head of Emergency Management in Hormozgan Province on Iran's Gulf coast said “Five people have died in the earthquake ... and so far 12 are hospitalised,"
"All of the victims died in the first earthquake and no-one was harmed in the next two severe quakes as people were already outside their homes," said Foad Moradzadeh, governor of Bandar Lengeh country, quoted by the state news agency IRNA.
The US Geological Survey reported that several countries were "affected", including UAE, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, and Afghanistan.
The National Centre for Meteorology (NCM) also confirmed that the tremors were felt in various parts of the UAE but without any effects.
However, the tremors made residents wake and they witnessed the furniture shack then made them get out of their houses. Many residents shared their videos and photos on social media related to their experiences.
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