INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Five people were killed and 44 others injured in a magnitude-6.3 earthquake in southern Iran on Saturday.Iran&s state media reported rescue
teams were deployed near the epicentre, Sayeh Khosh village, which is home to around 300 people in Hormozgan province, south of the capital,
Tehran.People went into the streets as aftershocks continued to jolt the area after the early morning quake, which also damaged buildings
and infrastructure, AP reported.The earthquake was felt in many neighboring countries, the report said.The area has seen several moderate
earthquakes in recent weeks
In November, one man died following two magnitude-6.4 and 6.3 earthquakes.Iran lies on major seismic faults and experiences one earthquake a
day on average.In 2003, a magnitude-6.6 earthquake flattened the historic city of Bam, killing 26,000 people.A magnitude-7 earthquake that
struck western Iran in 2017 killed more than 600 people and injured more than 9,000.The post Five dead, 44 injured in 6.3-magnitude quake in
Iran first appeared on Ariana News.
