SW Iran quake injury count hits 51

Thirty one of those injured was transferred to hospital and 20 others were treated on site, Mojtaba Khaledi told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale rocked Sisakht in southwestern Province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad on Wednesday.

According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the tremor occurred at 8:38 hours local time (4:08 GMT) in an area located at the depth of 8 km underground.

Iran sits on major fault lines and is prone to near-daily earthquakes. Also on Sunday, a 5.3-Richter quake rattled the area, as result of which 54 people were injured.

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