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Five dead and several injured after huge 6.1 earthquake devastates Iran

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earthquake has killed at least five people and injured 39 others in IranThe quake, measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale, hit the southern part of the countryat 3.24am local time (11.54pm UK time) during the early hours of this morning with state television cameras showing footage of a collapsed building.Teams are now searching for survivors amid the rubble in a major rescue operation that is taking place in darkness, the Daily Mirror reports.READ MORE:MMA fighter takes on two men in wild street brawl as glam boxer cheers onOne video, meanwhile, showed a village of buildings that had been razed to the ground by the quake and many people are in the streets."Here is Sayeh Khosh, one of the villages affected by the earthquake in Hormozgan.

The pictures show the 100% destruction of this village. The population of Sayeh Khosh is 1,600 people," tweeted a local journalist.The earthquake was given a 6.1 strength rating by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), while the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) stated that it had a 6.0 magnitude and a depth of 10km.

There have been several earthquakes during the day according to the USGS with another measuring 6.0 coming 45 minutes after the strongest and again at a 10km depth.Major geological fault lines crisscross Iran, which has suffered several devastating earthquakes in recent years.To stay up to date with all the latest news, make sure you sign up to one of our newsletters here.The earthquake was felt as far away as Abu Dhabi with many people describing minor shakings of buildings more than 200 miles from the epicentre. "Shaking bed and table and vibrations in windows," said a person in Dubai, as reported by volcanodiscovery.com.

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