Iran said Monday a magnitude 5.7 earthquake rocked a town in the country’s oil-rich southwest, damaging buildings, The Associated Press reported.
Iran is located on major seismic faults and experiences one earthquake per day on average.
The Monday report by the official IRNA news agency said that the quake hit near the town of Masjid Soleiman in Khuzestan province, some 450 kilometers (280 miles) southwest of the capital, Tehran.
It said four people so far have been reported injured.
A local witness Iman Nazarpour told The Associated Press that the quake damaged buildings in the center of town.
Another witness Rahim Zaheri said some older buildings had collapsed, with others showing cracks.
The town is where the first oil well in Iran and the Middle East was explored.
State TV said...
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