Two people have died
and 22 others were injured as they fled their homes in panic following a
magnitude 5.1 earthquake that struck northern Iran on Friday.
Among the dead were
a 21-year-old woman in Tehran who suffered heart failure, and a 60-year-old man
in the city of Damavand, east of the capital, killed by a head injury, officials
said.
According to the
United States Geological Survey (USGS), the epicentre of the earthquake was at
Damavand, just northeast of the capital, at the depth of 10km (6.2 miles). But
it was felt in Tehran, Alborz, Qom, and Qazvin provinces.
There were several
mild aftershocks, but no serious damage from the quake that struck after
midnight on the border of the provinces of Tehran and Mazandaran, authorities
said.
Officials also urged
people who spent the night outdoors to observe social distancing to limit
spread of the Coronavirus that has killed nearly 6,500 and infected more than
103,000 in Iran.
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