Earthquake tremors in Iran, magnitude 5.9, 5 injured
A tremor measuring 5.9 was felt in southwestern Iran bordering the Persian Gulf on Sunday. This was followed by tremors after more than a dozen earthquakes. This information was given by government television. Iran’s official news agency ‘Irna’ reported that at least five people were injured in this earthquake.
A tremor of magnitude 5.9 was felt in southwestern Iran bordering the Persian Gulf on Sunday. This was followed by more than a dozen earthquake tremors. This information was given by government television. Iran’s official news agency ‘Irna’ reported that at least five people were injured in this earthquake.
Irna said that the government television channel shared pictures of an area in the port city of Bandar-e-Ganaveh. In which cracks and demolished walls have been shown. The epicenter of the quake was located in Bandar-e-Ganaveh. Iran said that as soon as the earthquake struck people came out on the streets of the city.
A man made a video in an industrial area of Bandar-e-Ganaveh depicting a landslide in a nearby foothill. Iranian media shared the footage widely. According to media reports, after the earthquake of the initial earthquake, there were many more earthquakes.
At the same time, the epicenter of the earthquake was located about 100 kilometers (60 mi) from Iran’s Bushahr nuclear power plant. No immediate information has been revealed about the plant, although the unit has been built to withstand earthquakes of up to 8 magnitude.
