An earthquake with a magnitude of up to 5.9 struck the Turkey-Iran border region on Saturday, destroying houses in a provincial capital in Iran, Iranian media and the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported.
“According to the preliminary observations of the Fars reporter, the amount of destruction of houses and buildings in the city of Khoy is relatively high,” the semi-official news agency Fars reported.
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The quake had a magnitude of 5.6 and was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), EMSC said. Iranian media said the earthquake had a magnitude of 5.9 and hit Iran’s Western Azerbaijan province.
Iranian emergency officials said rescue teams were dispatched to the area and hospitals were put on alert, state media said.
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The earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck northwest Iran near the border with Turkey on Saturday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 300, state media reported.
The official news agency IRNA reported the toll citing the head of emergency services at the university in the city of Khoy, near the quake’s epicenter.
An emergency official told state TV that it was snowing in some of the affected areas, with freezing temperatures and some power cuts reported.
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Magnitude Mw 5.9
Region TURKEY-IRAN BORDER REGION
Date time 2023-01-28 18:14:47.2 UTC
Location 38.49 N ; 44.91 E
Depth 15 km
Distances 105 km NNW of Orūmīyeh, Iran / pop: 577,000 / local time: 21:44:47.2 2023-01-28
8 km SSW of Khowy, Iran / pop: 175,000 / local time: 21:44:47.2 2023-01-28
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