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. 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. 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.
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake kills at least three people in the town of Pish Qaleh in northeast Iran.