TEHRAN, April 5 (Xinhua) -- Two people were killed and eleven injured in a 6-magnitude earthquake that hit northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province of Iran on Wednesday morning, according to semi-official ISNA news agency.
The earthquake, with a depth of 10 km and the epicenter at 35.75 degrees north latitude and 60.35 degrees east longitude, hit Sefid Sang village in Fariman town of Iran's Khorasan Razavi province on Wednesday at 10:39 local time (0609 GMT).
Subsequently, a number of aftershocks ranging 4.9-4 magnitude have hit the region.
Air medical services along with rescue and relief forces have been dispatched to the area from neighboring cities. A crisis management base has also been set up, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry was quoted as saying by Tehran Times daily.
According to Mehr news agency, 100 percent of buildings in four villages have been ruined and the earthquake have caused some damage to the houses in Mash'had, the capital city of Khorasan Razavi province.
The quake has disrupted the power and telecommunication network in the region and people are outdoors in panic. Schools and educational centers in the region were closed.
According to the reports, tremor was felt in Mash'had located 75 km to the north of Fariman, and in border region of Iran-Afghanistan some 100 km at the east of Fariman town.
