Over 170 hurt in magnitude 6.3 earthquake in western Iran

25 November 2018, 9:24 pm

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Over 170 people have been injured in a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that struck western Iran near its border with Iraq on Sunday night, authorities say.

The US Geological Survey says a magnitude 6.3 earthquake has struck western Iran near its border with Iraq. (Via AP)

The temblor hit near Sarpol-e Zahab in Iran’s Kermanshah province, which was the epicenter of an earthquake last year that killed over 600 people and where some still remain homeless.

Morteza Salimi of Iran’s Red Crescent tells Iranian state television that 171 people were injured, most of them slightly. Kermanshah provincial Gov. Houshang Bazvand similarly said there were injuries, but few people hospitalized.

Authorities say six rescue teams were immediately deployed after the quake stopped and the country’s army and its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard were responding.

— AP