At least two people were killed and 370 injured when a magnitude 5.7 earthquake the province of North Khorasan in the northeast of Iran, state media reported.

Saturday's quake, which killed a 54-year-old woman and a teenage girl, jolted the town of Pishqaleh, a farming region close to the Turkmenistan border with a population of about 2,000 people.

The US Geological Survey said the earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.5km. The earthquake led to a power outage and state TV reports said the quake damaged several buildings in nearby villages.

Fourteen villages suffered up to 70 percent damage, Morteza Salimi, head of the Red Crescent Society's rescue and relief organisation, was quoted as saying by the Iranian Students' News Agency (ISNA) news agency.

Managing Director of North Khorasan Red Crescent Society, Hassan Shakouri, said that 37 search-and-rescue teams were sent to the quake-hit region immediately to save victims of the deadly tremor.

He added that 80 percent of the injured have been relocated to tents.

Nearly 177 injured were hospitalised and 223 more received medical aid on the spot, according to rescue officials.

Timeline: Major earthquakes in Iran

"The rescue operations are about to finish and there seems to be no need to ask for further aid from other provinces," Esmail Bahman Abadi, Deputy Head of Razavi Khorasan rescue team told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).

The earthquake's aftermath has blocked access to several villages and locals have been asked to sleep outdoors over the probability of aftershocks.

Iran is situated on major fault lines and has suffered several devastating earthquakes in recent years, including a 6.6-magnitude earthquake in 2003 which flattened the historic southeastern city of Bam and killed more than 26,000 people.

Last month, a 6.1-magnitude earthquake killed at least two people in the northeastern city of Mashhad, temporarily disrupting cellular communication and landlines.</s>TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian state TV is reporting a strong magnitude 5.7 earthquake has left three people dead and about 200 injured in a remote area in the country's northeast.

The quake that struck late Saturday jolted the town of Pishqaleh, a farming region close to the Turkmenistan border, with a population of about 2,000 people, some 800 kilometers (498 miles) northeast of the capital Tehran.

The earthquake led to a power outage and TV reports said the quake damaged several buildings in nearby villages.

A magnitude 5.7 quake has the potential to cause considerable damage.

Iran is prone to daily quakes as it sits on many major fault lines. In 2003, a magnitude 6.6. temblor flattened the historic city of Bam, killing 26,000 people.</s>A 5.7 magnitude earthquake near Iran’s border with Turkmenistan killed two people, injured hundreds and caused widespread damage, state media reported today, citing the country’s seismological centre. The quake, which struck at 1800 GMT Saturday in and around the city of Bojnurd, North Khorasan province, killed a 54-year-old woman and a teenage girl, ISNA news agency reported.

It left more than 370 people injured and damaged as many as 40 per cent of houses in the area, it said.

The US Geological Survey put the strength of the quake at 5.8 magnitude, and said it occurred at a depth of 12.5 kilometres. The epicentre of the earthquake was just 50 kilometres from the border with Turkmenistan.

On April 5, a 6.1 magnitude quake killed at least two people near Iran’s second city Mashhad, which is located southeast of Bojnurd.

The region is on an active fault line stretching from Turkmenistan’s capital Ashgabat into Iran’s three provinces of north, central (Razavi) and south Khorasan, according to state news agency IRNA.

The last major earthquake to strike Iran was in 2003 at Bam, in the southeastern province of Kerman, which killed at least 31,000 people and flattened the city.

For all the latest World News, download Indian Express App now</s>By The Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s official IRNA news agency is reporting that a 5.7 magnitude earthquake has jolted a remote area in the northeast of the country.

The Saturday report said the epicenter of the quake was the town of Pishqaleh, with a population of about 2,000 people, some 800 kilometers (498 miles) northeast of the capital Tehran.

The earthquake led to a power outage, but there have been no reports on casualties yet.

Rescue teams have been deployed, the report added.

The struck area is a farming region close to the Turkmenistan border.

Iran is prone to daily quakes at it sits on many major fault lines.</s>A big earthquake in Iran's North Khorasan Province left two dead and 400 injured, IRNA news agency reported May 14.

The quake had hit at 22:30 the night before near Bojnuird city. It measured 5.7 degrees on the Richter scale.

Local authorities said 177 of the injured have been hospitalized and the rest treated as out patient.

This is the second earthquake in the area in less than two weeks. An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted the nearby Khorasan Razavi Province on May 3, leaving at least 2 people injured.

Earlier in Apr. 5, an earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale shook Iran's Mashhad city and its districts in Khorasan Razavi province, leaving two people dead. At least 17 people also got injured.</s>Alwaght- A Magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit North Khorasan province of Iran, killing at least three people and injuring over 377 more injured.

The quake struck late on Saturday, in the country’s northeastern province’s capital Bojnourd as well as Maneh and Samalqan County at a depth of eleven kilometers.

At least 23 aftershocks have so far occurred in the region with the strangest one being a 3.5 magnitude jolt.

Head of Iran's Relief and Rescue Organization told Iranian ISNA news agency that 57 people were hospitalized and 26 others have undergone operations at Bojnourd hospitals.

Morteza Salimi also said 97 villages, where over 31,000 people live, were damaged between 10 to 70 percent.

Local officials have noted that the earthquake’s aftermath has blocked access to several villages. They have noted that locals have been asked to sleep outdoors over the probability of aftershocks.

In April, an earthquake measuring six on the Richter scale hits near the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad, temporarily disrupting cellular communication and landlines.

A wall damaged by an earthquake in Iran’s North Khorasan province on May 13, 2017.

The tremor took place on April 5 some 100 kilometers away from Mashhad, prompting rescue and rapid response teams to be dispatched to the affected areas.</s>A 5.7-magnitude earthquake near Iran's border with Turkmenistan has killed two people, injured hundreds, and caused widespread damage.

The quake struck at 1800 GMT/UTC on May 13 in and around the city of Bojnurd, in North Khorasan Province, killing a 54-year-old woman and a teenage girl, ISNA news agency reported.

More than 370 people were injured and as many as 40 percent of houses in the area were left damaged, ISNA reported.

The epicenter was just 50 kilometers from the border with Turkmenistan.

Earthquakes are frequent in Iran, which is located on seismic faults.

In 2003, a magnitude-6.6 earthquake killed about 26,000 people and flattened the historic southeastern city of Bam.

Based on reporting by AP and AFP</s>A 5.7-magnitude earthquake has hit the Iranian city of Pishqaleh in North Khorasan province, killing two people and injuring at least 225 more, according to IRNA, Iran's official news agency.

The Red Crescent Society said 37 search and rescue teams were sent to the quake-hit region Saturday, immediately after the earthquake struck.

Eighty percent of the injured and survivors have been relocated into tents, the Red Crescent said.

The quake was centered at a depth of 11 kilometers.

Iran is located atop several major fault lines and is prone to frequent earthquakes.</s>It seems that the United States and Israel are trying to intimidate Iran and want it to make the first move. If they succeed, in intimidating Iran, it would be easier for them to convince the world that Iran was the first to strike and they then have the reasons to attack the country. Both the United States and Israel have repeatedly declared that Iran is a threat to them and for the entire world. Until today Iran has applied restraint, but it is feared that repeated provocations may end Iran’s patience.

One of the moves in the recent past to bully Iran was the deployment of a made in United States F-22s, the most sophisticated stealth jet fighter, at Al Dafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates, which is less than 200 miles from Iran’s mainland.

However, the US Air Force adamantly denied the presence of the jet in UAE presence is a threat for any country. Nevertheless, the Al Dafra Air Base is just a short hop over the Persian Gulf from Iran’s southern border.

Reportedly, a spokesperson of US Air Force avoided confirming the exact location of the F-22s, but said they had been deployed to a base in Southwest Asia. He also clarified that the F-22s were simply taking part in a scheduled deployment and were not a threat for Iran. However, he informed that it was a very normal deployment to strengthen military relationships, promote sovereign and regional security, improve combined tactical air operations and enhance interoperability of forces.

The spokesman declined to say what the Raptors’ mission was in the region this time around or how many planes had been deployed, citing operational security. However, he said because of the F-22’s next-generation capabilities, any number of planes deployed in the region is a significant move.

The F-22 has been officially combat-operational since December 2005, and have been used in Syria. However, when it comes to dealing with Iran, the US and its allied take extra care to avoid any embarrassment.

Lockheed Martin, in-charge of the F-22 program, said last year that the plane was perfectly suitable for undertaking more sophisticated adversaries and could be used in deep penetration strike missions in well-defended combat zones inside places like North Korea or Iran.

History tells that all the US missions against Iran have faced some kind of adversity and F-22 may not be an exception. The new deployment comes in the midst of the Air Forces’ continuing battle with a rare but sustained oxygen problem plaguing the F-22. Since 2008, nearly two dozen pilots have reported experiencing “hypoxia-like symptoms” in mid-air. The problem got so bad that the Air Force grounded the planes for nearly five months last year in an attempt to fix the problem.

The US Air Force says the F-22 is ready for war, should it be called. It says, “If our nation needs a capability to enter contested air space, to deal with air forces that are trying to deny our forces the ability to maneuver without prejudice on the ground, it will be the F-22 that takes on that mission.”

Often Pakistanis fail to understand why the Middle Eastern countries are extending support to the United States in a bid to make Iran bow down? Is the inherent dislike of Iran so high that they are ready to join any endeavor to wipe out the country that has withstood sanctions over the last 32 years?</s>At least three people were killed and 225 injured in a 5.7-magnitude earthquake that hit North Khorasan Province of Iran on Saturday night, semi-official ISNA news agency reported on Sunday.Withthe earthquake's epicenter was at 37.655 degrees north latitude and 57.224 degrees east longitude. It hit Pish Qaleh region in North Khorasan Province at 22:30 local time (1800 GMT) on Saturday, Iran Seismological Center said.Medical services along with disaster relief forces have been dispatched to the hit area from neighboring cities and a crisis management base has also been set up, Mohammad Reza Salehi, the governor of North Khorasan Province, told ISNA.According to the latest reports, up to 40 percent of power, communication, gas and water services of the affected areas have been disrupted.
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake kills at least three people in the town of Pish Qaleh in northeast Iran.