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Tehran, Jan 29 (EFE).- At least three people died and more than 800 were injured when a magnitude-5.9 earthquake struck northern Iran, officials said Sunday. The quake occurred on Saturday night near the city of Khoy, located in Iran’s northwestern West Azerbaijan province, and close to the border with Turkey, the Seismological Center of the …
An earthquake of 5.9 magnitudes struck northwest Iran near the border with Turkey late Saturday (January 28), killing at least three people and injuring over 800 others. According to the University of Tehran's Seismologic Centre, the earthquake hit the city of Khoy in the West Azerbaijan province at 18.14 GMT (around 11.44 pm IST). Speaking to the IRNA news agency, West Azerbaijan governor Mohammad Sadegh Motamedian said the incident left three dead and 816 injured.
The earthquake occured near the border with Turkey and its epicentre is said to be Khoy, a city in Iran's West Azerbaijan Province.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 struck near the Iran-Turkey border claiming 7 lives and leaving 440 injured.