4.9-magnitude earthquake kills 4 and injures a minimum of 120 in Iran
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The quake struck at 1.24pm local time (9.54am British time), Kashmar’s governor, Hajatollah Shariatmadari, who gave the casualty toll, said on state television.
Thirty-five people were hospitalised, he said, adding the quake damaged mostly dilapidated buildings in urban and rural areas of the city.
State television aired footage of the aftermath of the quake showing first responders working in a street where all buildings were reduced to rubble.
The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake hit at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles).
A handout picture made available by the Iranian Iranian Red Crescent Society shows people at inspecting the damages after an earthquake hit Kashmar in Iran’s north-eastern Razavi Khorasan province, June 18, 2024
A destroyed building in Kashmar, Iran, following a 4.9-magnitude earthquake
According to the Iranian Red Crescent Society, at least four people have been killed and more than 120 people were injured in the earthquake
At least four people have been killed and 120 injured Tuesday in a 4.9 magnitude earthquake that shook Iran ‘s northeastern city of Kashmar, state media has reported
Thirty-five people were hospitalised, he said, adding the quake damaged mostly dilapidated buildings in urban and rural areas of the city
Several buildings collapsed and many people are believed to still be buried under the rubble
State television aired footage of the aftermath of the quake showing first responders working in a street where all buildings were reduced to rubble
Iran sits atop various tectonic plates and is often hit by earthquakes.
A 5.9 magnitude quake early last year killed three people and injured over 800 in the country’s mountainous northwest, near the border with Turkey.
And in one of the world’s deadliest disasters, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake killed over 31,000 people in Iran’s south-eastern city of Bam in 2003.
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