• epa10437505 A handout picture made available by the Iranian Red Crescent Society shows a destroyed car on a street after an earthquake in the city of Khoy, Iran, 29 January 2023. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit north-western Iran late 28 January leaving three people dead and others injured according to Iranian Red Crescent society. EPA/IRANIAN RED CRESCENT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
    epa10437505 A handout picture made available by the Iranian Red Crescent Society shows a destroyed car on a street after an earthquake in the city of Khoy, Iran, 29 January 2023. A 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit north-western Iran late 28 January leaving three people dead and others injured according to Iranian Red Crescent society. EPA/IRANIAN RED CRESCENT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
  • Damage caused by the quake, which killed at least two people and injured hundreds. EPA
    Damage caused by the quake, which killed at least two people and injured hundreds. EPA
  • The Iranian Red Crescent Society released this picture of a destroyed car. EPA
    The Iranian Red Crescent Society released this picture of a destroyed car. EPA
  • A damaged home in Khoy, in West Azerbaijan province. EPA
    A damaged home in Khoy, in West Azerbaijan province. EPA
  • The earthquake forced residents to leave their homes on a night when the temperature was down to freezing. Reuters
    The earthquake forced residents to leave their homes on a night when the temperature was down to freezing. Reuters
  • People gather near a fire after the earthquake. Reuters
    People gather near a fire after the earthquake. Reuters
  • Residents in an outlying area gather by a roadside as snow falls. Reuters
    Residents in an outlying area gather by a roadside as snow falls. Reuters
  • The quake caused extensive damage to some homes. Reuters
    The quake caused extensive damage to some homes. Reuters
  • A house destroyed by the earthquake. AFP
    A house destroyed by the earthquake. AFP
  • A vehicle covered by rubble. AFP
    A vehicle covered by rubble. AFP
  • Injured people receive medical care at a hospital in Khoy county. Reuters
    Injured people receive medical care at a hospital in Khoy county. Reuters

Iran earthquake kills three and injures hundreds


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At least three people have been killed and more than 800 injured after a 5.9-magnitude earthquake in Iran late on Saturday, state media said.

The quake struck in the north-west of the country near the border with Turkey, hitting the city of Khoy in West Azerbaijan province at 9.44pm local time (10.14pm UAE time), according to the Seismological Centre of the University of Tehran.

Panicked residents fled their homes as buildings collapsed and rubble crushed cars, with hundreds seeking shelter from freezing winter conditions in evacuation centres. More than 20 aftershocks rattled the region.

“This incident has left 816 injured and three dead,” West Azerbaijan governor Mohammad Sadegh Motamedian was quoted as saying by Irna news agency.

People were seen wrapped in blankets and huddling around fires in the snow-dusted region, in images published by Iranian media, as state TV broadcast footage of major damage to residential buildings, including half-destroyed houses.

Buildings in 70 villages suffered quake damage, the state news agency reported, with rescuers clearing rubble to free those trapped in the area about 800km north-west of the capital Tehran.

Iran's Red Crescent Society chief Pirhossein Koolivand later said the search and rescue operations had finished, with no more survivors or bodies believed trapped.

Iran's Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi travelled to Khoy to observe the situation, where he said water, power and gas connections were affected but being restored, Irna reported.

Snow fell in some of the affected areas, with freezing temperatures and some power cuts reported, an emergency official told state television.

Iran is located on the boundaries of several major tectonic plates and experiences frequent seismic activity.

On January 18, a 5.8 quake near Khoy injured hundreds.

In February 2020, a 5.7-magnitude earthquake that rattled the western village of Habash-e Olya killed at least nine people across the border in neighbouring Turkey.

Iran's deadliest recorded quake was a 7.4-magnitude tremor in 1990 in the north of the country, that killed 40,000 people, injured 300,000 and left half a million homeless.

AFP contributed to this report

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