Hormozgan: Quake near southern Iran coast kills five

At least five people have been killed and more than 50 injured by a powerful earthquake and aftershocks in Iran's southern province of Hormozgan.

The quake struck at 02:00 local time on Saturday (21:30 GMT Friday) near the coast, 100km (60 miles) south-west of the provincial capital Bandar Abbas.

The victims died in magnitude-six quake, state media reported, though two aftershocks were equally strong.

A village, Sayeh Khosh, was flattened, local officials said.

"No-one was harmed in the next two severe quakes as people were already outside their homes," said Foad Moradzadeh, governor of Bandar Lengeh, a town near the epicentre. read more