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More than 700 people were injured, mostly light, after the Sunday earthquake in western Iran, which did not cause much material damage, said Monday television Iranian official.
"The number of wounded is fixed at 716," said the television. The chain added that only 33 wounded were still in the hospital by mid-morning, the channel said.
The epicenter was located in Kermanshah province, near the Iraqi border. The authorities have not announced any deaths.
For his part, Morteza Salimi, head of the Iranian Red Crescent, said most of the casualties were the result of a panic after the first earthquake.
whose epicenter was deep enough, caused only small material damage, according to the press. The television showed only buildings with cracks in the interior.
According to the Geophysical Institute of Tehran University, the initial quake, with a magnitude of 6.4, was followed by seven repetitions one hour later, the strongest of magnitude 5.2
According to AFP reporters, the first tremors were felt up to Baghdad
In November 2017, an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 in the same area made 620 dead and more than 12,000 wounded
Iran, located at the junction of several tectonic plates, is an area of high seismic activity.
In December 2003, an earthquake destroyed the historic city of Bam, in the province of Kerman (southeast). At least 31,000 people died.
In June 1990, a magnitude 7.4 earthquake in Iran, near the Caspian Sea (north), left 40,000 dead, more than 300,000 injured and 500,000 homeless.
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