Fifteen people were killed, including children, as a result of an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale near the Turkish-Iranian border, which resulted in damage to neighboring villages.
In a statement, Turkish Health Minister Fakhreddin Kuja said that the earthquake killed 9 citizens in the eastern province of Wan, and injured 37 others.
In turn, the director of emergency in the western Azerbaijan province, northwest of Iran, the center of the earthquake, said that 43 villages were affected by the earthquake that struck the province, noting that the rate of material damage is between 10% to 100%, and no one was killed by the earthquake, but there Reports of injuries.
The Iranian Emergency Organization confirmed that 75 people were injured and 25 villages were badly damaged in the earthquake in northwestern Iran.
It is noteworthy that an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale occurred on Sunday morning in northwestern Iran, and was at a depth of 6 km, in the area near the border with Turkey.
Source: Agencies
