"Based on the latest information, seven people were killed and 47 others injured," the province's governor Abdolali Saheb Mohammadi explained.
The quake, which was followed by 10 aftershocks, knocked out power and caused minor damage on
The governor said that electricity, water and telecommunication services had been restored on the island.
The U.S. Geological Survey estimated the initial quake’s strength at magnitude 6.1.
“Houses in this region have been built in recent years and are resistant to earthquakes. Only minor damage has been reported from a dozen villages so far,” Abdolkarim Setareh, a local official in the epicenter town of
Head of
In February 2005, a magnitude 6.4 quake in southern
Head of Hormozgan disaster headquarters Yaser Jazbavi said the main damages were inflicted to the town of
Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences has also dispatched a team of surgeons to Qeshm, Jazbavi told reporters.
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