At least one person has died after two moderate earthquakes struck the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan. Iran’s Seismological Centre said the quakes struck Qeshm island in the Strait of Hormuz this afternoon.
According to Daily Mail, The epicenter of the quakes was 36 miles southwest of Bandar Abbas port and about 640 miles south of the capital Tehran. A second earthquake is understood to have hit the same area about a minute later. It said the magnitudes were 6.4 and 6.3, with the larger quake striking at a depth of about 11 miles.
According to Al Jazeera, The quakes were felt in neighbouring provinces, including Kerman, as well as in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Several aftershocks were reported in the following hours in Iran.
The victim died when an electricity pole fell on him while walking on a street in Bandar Abbas. Videos on social media also showed parts of the Geno Mountain in Bandar Abbas collapsing. Emergency officials told state TV that no further casualties or extensive damage have been reported so far.
“We were working when we felt the building shake badly,” a young woman told state TV. “We thought it would be over soon but it went on for about 30 seconds so we ran out.” Electricity and internet outages have been reported in the affected provinces, some areas of which have also experienced disruptions in landline phones. Officials said they would be reconnected soon.
