Magnitude 5.2 quake injures 5 in Iran

PTI Updated - December 06, 2021 at 09:26 PM.

A report said the five, including three women, were hospitalized after the quake

Media reports stated that an earthquake of a magnitude 5.2 left five people injured in south Iran.

The report said the five, including three women, were hospitalized after the quake hit the village of Laft, on Qeshm Island some 1,100 kilometers, or 680 miles, south of the capital Tehran.

It said the quake damaged several buildings.

Iran is located on major seismic fault lines and the country experiences an earthquake per day on average.

In November, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake injured more than 700 people in western Iran.

In 2003, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake flattened the historic city of Bam in southern Iran, killing 26,000 people.

Published on February 11, 2019 03:08