At least three people were injured after a 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit northeast Iran's Sankhast in North Khorasan Province, Head of Iran's Red Crescent Society’s Rescue and Relief Organization Mehdi Valipour said, Armenpress reports citing IRNA.
He said that presently 11 rescue and relief teams of the RSC are in the region to assist the quake victims.
An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook Sankhast 70 km southwest of Bojnourd, North Khorasan in northeastern Iran on Monday.