At least two people are dead after an earthquake struck the Turkey-Iran border region (file image). -AP
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 has struck the Turkey-Iran border region, killing at least two people and injuring dozens, Iranian media reports.
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The quake, which struck on Saturday, had a magnitude of 5.6 and was at a depth of 10km, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said.
"There are 122 injured so far in the city of Khoy ... and unfortunately two dead," Iranian emergency services representative Mojtaba Khaledi told state television.
Iranian emergency officials said rescue teams were dispatched to the area in Iran's West Azerbaijan province and hospitals were put on alert, state media said.
An emergency official told state TV it was snowing in some of the affected areas, with freezing temperatures and some power cuts reported.
Major geological fault lines crisscross Iran, which has suffered several devastating earthquakes in recent years.
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