Two consecutive powerful earthquakes rocked southern Iran on Sunday, killing at least one and causing scenes of panic, according to official sources.
The first 6.4 magnitude earthquake and the second 6.3 magnitude earthquake occurred at 3:37 p.m. (12:07 GMT), 90 seconds apart, at a depth of 15 km, in Hormozgan province, the report said. national seismological service.
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A 22-year-old man was killed after a power pole fell in Bandar-Abbas, the capital of Hormozgan, Iranian Red Crescent chief Mehdi Valipour told state television, adding that several teams have were deployed to assess the damage.
State television also claimed that one person was injured after a wall collapsed and several people with trauma were taken to hospital in the town on the Strait of Hormuz.
The public broadcasting service broadcast live images from the affected region showing trucks, parked at the side of a road, strongly shaken by a aftershock of magnitude 4, which occurred 45 minutes after the two tremors.
The mountains around the port of Bandar-Abbas have shattered, state television reported.
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The earthquakes lasted a long time and scared people,
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Several buildings were cracked in Bandar-Abbas, where much of the population took to the streets, city governor Azizollah Konari said.
The earthquakes were felt in the neighboring provinces of Kerman and Fars, according to television.
According to the same source, Iranian President Ebrahim Raïssi ordered First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber to visit the region as soon as possible.
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Located on the borders of several tectonic plates and crossed by several faults, Iran is an area of strong seismic activity.
