318 Views
A series of three earthquakes, including one at magnitude 6, struck western Iran on Sunday, with state media reporting at least two people killed and 241 injured.
The US Geological Survey says two other earthquakes magnitudes 4.4 and 4.2 respectively struck early Sunday near the city of Javanrud in Iran’s Kermanshah province.
State TV reported the toll, citing Reza Mahmoudian, a governorate official. The state-run news agency says one of the two killed was a 70-year-old man who died of a heart attack during the earthquakes.
Iran is prone to earthquakes. Last November, a major 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the same region, killing over 530 people and injuring thousands.
Prasanta Patnaik 
amfnews