A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit western Iran, injuring at least 287 people, hours after two quakes struck a province in the south, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported.
A man stands on debris of his house after an earthquake in Iran, on 23 November, 2017. Photo: AFP
Houshang Bazvand, governor of Kermanshah province, said that most of those injured who received treatment did not require hospitalisation, the television station said.
State media said that two earlier earthquakes, with magnitudes of 4.7 and 5.7, had damaged buildings in a few villages without causing casualties.
Morteza Salimi, head of rescue at Iran's Red Crescent, said that damage from the two earlier quakes appeared to be light.
"Reports indicate that some walls have collapsed, but extensive damage has not been reported," Mr Salimi told official news agency IRNA.
Iran is crisscrossed by major geological fault lines and has suffered several devastating earthquakes in recent years.
Last November, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit the Kermanshah province, killing at least 620 people and injuring thousands.
- Reuters
