The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported on Sunday evening that another earthquake of magnitude 5.8 has struck the Turkey-Iran border region.
M5.8 #earthquake (#زلزله) strikes 163 km W of #Tabrīz (#Iran) 16 min ago. Updated map of its effects: pic.twitter.com/zqNB2gpZFp
— EMSC (@LastQuake) February 23, 2020
21 February 2020, 16:27 GMT
The tremors come hours after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake that struck west of the Iranian city of Khoy and affected villages in the Turkish province of Van.
As a result of the earthquake, nine people have died, while 37 sustained injuries in Turkey.
The Iranian authorities, in their turn, reported that the earthquake affected 43 villages in the mountainous Qotour area, injuring at least 75 people, six of whom were hospitalised.
