Iran and the UAE rocked by earthquakes! At least five people died and dozens were injured in the quake, and soon after, the area was hit by two large earthquakes measuring up to 6.3.
The two largest shocks of magnitude 6.3 were recorded, but the one that caused all the casualties is believed to be the original magnitude 6.1 earthquake about 10 km (6.2 miles) below the earth's surface that occurred in the early hours of the morning.
“All the victims died during the first earthquake, and no one was hurt during the next two strong earthquakes, as people were already outside their homes,” local official Foad Moradzade was quoted by the state news agency as saying.
As a result of the earthquakes, thousands of people took to the streets, where they spent the rest of the night. Many people still live in tents set up by local authorities and emergency services.
Yaqub Soleimani, secretary-general of the local Red Crescent Emergency Service, told Iranian state media that search and rescue operations had been completed and no more casualties were expected.
He said installing cooling systems for those affected by the aftershocks is a difficult task as local temperatures reach 45 degrees Celsius.
State television shows destroyed houses in several villages. Dozens of villages also briefly lost power.
Iran's southern provinces have recently been hit by several powerful earthquakes, but the number of casualties and damage has been limited. State television reported that 150 earthquakes and aftershocks have occurred in the western part of Hormozgan in the past month.
Two powerful earthquakes struck near Qeshm Island, near Bandar Abbas, last November, killing one person. In April last year, Bushehr, where a large nuclear power plant is located, was hit by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake, but it did not cause much damage.
In the southeastern Iranian province of Kerman, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake killed more than 31,000 people and leveled the ancient city of Bam in 2003.
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