An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter scale shook the southern Iranian island of Qeshm and caused damage to residential buildings in villages on Sunday , ISNA news agency reported .
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An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter scale shook the southern Iranian island of Qeshm and caused damage to residential buildings in villages on Sunday , <m> ISNA </m> news agency reported .
Quake shakes southern Iran , damages residential buildings
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter scale shook the southern Iranian island of Qeshm and caused damage to residential buildings in villages on Sunday , <m> ISNA </m> news agency reported .
Several residential units in the villages Kavouhi and Zinabieh in the Dargehan area were damaged and two villagers slightly injured , the governor of Qeshm , Mehdi iran-Nejad , told ISNA .
Relief aid and medical teams have already been dispatched to the quake site , the official said .
The same island was hit by a 6.1 quake in September .
That temblor killed at least six people , injured almost 50 and caused heavy damage to residential units in September .