The earthquake was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi). (agent)
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Turkey-Iran border region on Saturday, destroying homes in a main provincial town in Iran, Iranian media and the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said.
“The degree of destruction of some houses and buildings in Khoy City is relatively high,” Mojtaba Khaledi, a spokesman for Iranian emergency services, told the YJC news agency.
EMSC said the earthquake had a magnitude of 5.6 and was at a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi). Iranian media said the earthquake had a magnitude of 5.9 and occurred near the city of Khoy in Iran’s West Azerbaijan province.
Iranian emergency officials said rescue teams were dispatched to the area and hospitals were put on alert, state media said.
An emergency official told state TV that it was snowing in some of the quake-hit areas amid freezing temperatures and some power outages.
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