There was an earthquake in Iran and there were people who died.

APA TV reports that Mehdi Dousti, the governor of Iran's Hormuzgan province, said this.

According to him, 5 people died and 19 were injured in two earthquakes of magnitude 6.1 and 6.3 that occurred in Sayeh Khosh village of Bandar Khamir city in the south of Iran.

Mehdi Dousti said that most of the destruction occurred in Sayeh Hosh village, which is near the center of the earthquake.

Iranian state television announced that 49 people were injured and showed video footage showing the collapse of residential buildings in Sayeh Khosh, which was plunged into darkness as a result of a power outage.

By the way, let's note that a strong earthquake was also recorded in the Sakhalin region of Russia.

According to the Seismological Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 331 km.

The epicenter of the earthquake was 1191 km from North Kuril.

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake was felt in Japan.