Jan 31, 2023, 10:19 AM
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Over 3,000 houses damaged in quake in Iran’s Khoy: Official

Jan 31, 2023, 10:19 AM
News ID: 85014922
Over 3,000 houses damaged in quake in Iran’s Khoy: Official

Urmia, IRNA – Estimates by Housing Foundation of Islamic Revolution (HFIR) says that at least 3,050 houses were damaged in a recent earthquake that hit the northwestern Iranian city of Khoy and its surrounding villages.

HFIR’s local head in Iran’s West Azarbaijan Province Jafar Barzegar told IRNA on Tuesday that the government body had inspected a total of 3,500 housing units after the quake on January 28.

Barzegar said some houses in Khoy had been destroyed up to 80% during the relatively powerful earthquake that inflicted losses on at least 70 villages in Khoy country.

Three people were killed and some 1,167 were injured in the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that was also felt in parts of the neighboring Turkey.

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