More than 115 cases of eye damage reported in Ontario after solar eclipse
More than 115 people who viewed the solar eclipse in Ontario earlier this month experienced eye damage after the event, according to eye doctors in the province.
At least one person died after two strong earthquakes struck the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan, state TV reported Sunday.
State TV quoted Azizollah Konari, the Bandar Abbas governor, as saying a 22-year-old man died when an electric pole fell on his head as a result of the earthquake.
Iran's Seismological Center said that the quakes struck Qeshm island in the Strait of Hormuz in midafternoon, about 1000 kilometres (640 miles) south of the Iranian capital of Tehran.
It said the magnitudes were 6.4 and 6.3 and the heaviest temblor struck at a depth of 18 kilometres (about 11 miles).
The epicenter is located some 60 kilometres (some 36 miles) southwest of Bandar Abbas port in Hormozgan province.
The USGS report set the earthquakes at magnitudes of 6 and 6.3.
The area was jolted by several aftershocks, one at a magnitude of 4.5.
Fear of the quake sent fearful residents running into the streets.
State TV said the quake was felt in Kerman and Fars provinces, both located in the north of Hormozgan province.
Mehdi Dousti, governor of Hormozgan province said that "we do not ask people to stay at their home because of the number of aftershocks."
Dousti added that police are providing security for people who are staying away from their homes.
State TV said that the number of injured people rose to 47. Thirty-nine of them were released but 7 hospitalized.
The spokesman for the country's emergency department, Mojtaba Khaledi, asked people to be cautious for at least two days.
The report said President Ebrahim Raisi ordered his senior vice-president, Mohammad Mokhber, to visit Hormozgan province as soon as possible.
Raisi also urged all responsible bodies to take care people who suffered injuries and damages.
The report said assessment teams had deployed to analyze the situation.
Iranian social media carried photos of damage from the quakes, including one of a wall that had collapsed on a car.
Iran lies on major seismic faults and experiences one earthquake a day on average. In 2003, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake flattened the historic city of Bam, killing 26,000 people.
A magnitude 7 earthquake that struck western Iran in 2017 killed more than 600 people and injured more than 9,000.
More than 115 people who viewed the solar eclipse in Ontario earlier this month experienced eye damage after the event, according to eye doctors in the province.
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