AFP reports On Saturday, July 2, 2022, said the US Geological Survey (USGS) reported two 6.0-magnitude earthquakes west of Bandair Abbos. which is the port city and the main city of the province of Hormozkan on the southern coast of Iran
The USGS said the first quake occurred in an area north of Dezcan after 2:00 a.m. local time (04:30 GMT) on Saturday morning. before another 5.7-magnitude quake two hours later, followed quickly by a second 6.0-magnitude quake.
Hormozkan governor Mehdi Duzti said five people were killed and the village of Sayeh Koch collapsed. because it is close to the epicenter As search and rescue operations continue and are likely to end soon.
“84 people have been injured, 15 of whom are still in hospital,” national emergency spokesman Mojtaba Kaledi. told the IRNA television station.
The villagers of Sayeh Kosh village gathered to spend their days outdoors in the darkness of the night. because the whole house was damaged and there is neither water to drink nor electricity to use.
Ahmad Wahidi, Minister of the Interior visit the scene of the incident in the province of Hormuzkan And told IRNA that the restoration of the water and electricity system was the first thing the government would accelerate in the area.
Iran is located on the edge of several tectonic plates and is prone to frequent earthquakes. by Iran’s worst earthquake was A 7.4-magnitude earthquake in the north of the country in 1990 killed 40,000 people, injured 300,000 and left half a million homeless.
In December 2019 and January 2020, two earthquakes near Iran’s Busheh nuclear power plant hit Iran’s Gulf neighbors. voiced concern about the reliability of the country’s only nuclear power plant which generates 1,000 megawatts of electricity and the risk of radioactive leakage in the event of a major earthquake.
while the province of Hormozkan Just two earthquakes of magnitude 6.4 and 6.3 magnitude were recorded in November last year. At that time, one person died.