Iran earthquake: At least 700 people injured after 6.3-magnitude quake hits near Iraq border
Landslides triggered in some areas, while fear of aftershocks force many to spend night on street
At least 700 people have been injured after an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 hit western Iran near its border with Iraq, according to state television.
The earthquake on Sunday night was felt in at least seven provinces of Iran, but most strongly in Kermanshah where last year more than 600 people were killed in an earthquake.
“Rouhani has ordered officials to do whatever is necessary to provide help for the victims of the earthquake,” state TV reported.
The head of Iran's Red Crescent Society, Mahmoud Mohammadi Nasab, told TV that there were no fatalities.
TV-aired footage of damaged houses in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab in Kermanshah where some people remain homeless following last year's 7.3-magnitude earthquake.
“We have had 729 injured, 700 of them have been treated and released … some 18 people have been hospitalised,” Houshang Bazvand, governor of the western province of Kermanshah, told state TV.
Iran's state news agency IRNA said another two earthquakes measuring 5.2 and 4.6 on the Richter scale had jolted Sarpol-e Zahab on Monday morning following Sunday's earthquake and 161 aftershocks.
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