The quake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale happened at 02:56 local time and damaged houses and electricity lines in the port city of Bandar Abbas, Iranian News Channel reported.
The earthquake also shook the Qeshm Island, located a few kilometers off the southern coast of Iran.
Last year, a strong earthquake measuring 6.1 in magnitude hit Hormozgan, demolishing nearly 200 villages and killing at least six people.
Iran lies on a series of seismic fault lines and has experienced devastating earthquakes -- most notably in December 2003 when a 6.6 magnitude quake devastated the ancient city of Bam in southeast Iran, killing at least 30,000 people.
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