On Tuesday, April 16, an earthquake with magnitude of 7.8 took place in the Sistan and Baluchestan Province, near the border with Pakistan. The tremors were recorded at a depth of 90 kilometers. As a result of the earthquake a woman died, 27 people were injured. Five people were hospitalized in serious condition, other injured people after outpatient examination released from hospital.
According to Mehr news agency, the tremors were felt in seven provinces of Iran - Bushehr, Mashhad, Kerman, Isfahan, Tehran, Yazd and Semnan.
According to specialists, this is the most powerful earthquake in the past 40 years in Iran.
The head of the Iranian Sistan and Baluchestan Province Khatem Narui in an interview to IRINN TV channel said that the earthquake has damaged sown area, houses and roads in 100 villages. Now specialists are counting the caused damage.
Several earthquakes took place in this territory for the past day.
Recently, an earthquake with magnitude of 6.3 took place in Iran, killing 37 people.
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