[(Title)] Two dead, 241 injured in 6.0 quake in western Iran: officials.

Two people were killed and more than 200 injured in a strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake that struck western Iran near the border with Iraq early Sunday, officials told local media.

官员告诉当地媒体，周日早些时候，伊朗西部与伊拉克边界附近发生了强烈的6.0级地震，造成2人死亡，200多人受伤。

The shallow quake hit 26 kilometres (16 miles) southwest of the city of Javanrud in Kermanshah province, the US Geological Survey said, near the site of a powerful quake last year that killed hundreds.

美国地质调查局称，这次的浅层地震对距离克尔曼沙省西南26公里（16英里）的Javanrud市，后者因去年发生的强烈地震已经有数百人死亡。

The head of the emergency department Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Saeb Sharidari, told state news agency IRNA that two people were killed and 241 people injured, six critically.

科尔曼沙赫医学大学急诊系主任萨布·沙里达里告诉国家通讯社IRNA说，目前已有2人死亡，241人受伤，其中6人伤势严重。

Sharidari said the two dead were a pregnant woman and a 70-year-old man who died of a heart attack.

沙里达说，两名死者都死于心脏病，一名是孕妇，一名是70岁的男子。

The provincial head of the Red Crescent, Mohammad Reza Amirian, said there had been at least 21 aftershocks.

省红新月会负责人穆罕默德·雷扎·阿米利安说，至少会有21次余震。

He said there were potential problems with drinking water due to damaged infrastructure in villages, but that it had not yet been necessary to distribute food and tents.

他说，由于农村基础设施受损，饮用水会存在潜在问题，但现在还没有必要分发食物和帐篷。

Kermanshah governor Houshang Bazvand told the Tasnim news agency that electricity had been temporarily cut to several villages.

克尔曼沙阿省长巴兹凡德告诉塔斯尼姆通讯社，几个村庄的电力被临时切断。

A crisis centre was set up, with hospitals and relief organisations placed on alert.

已建立了一个急救中心，医院和救济组织处于戒备状态。

But the local director of crisis management, Reza Mahmoudian, told the Mehr news agency that  "the situation was under control"  and no request for help had been sent to neighbouring provinces.

但当地危机管理主任雷扎·穆罕默帝安告诉Mehr通讯社“情况已经得到控制”，没有向邻省提出任何求助。

There were reports that the quake was felt far across the border into Iraq.

有报道称，边境之外的伊拉克地区也有震感。

Images on social media showed people being rushed to hospitals, but suggested relatively light damage to infrastructure.

社交媒体的图片显示，人们被紧急送往医院，但基础设施受到的破坏相对较轻。

Iran sits on top of two major tectonic plates and sees frequent seismic activity.

伊朗位于两大地质板块板块之上，有着频繁的地震活动。

In November last year a major 7.3-magnitude quake killed 620 people in Kermanshah province and another eight people in Iraq.

去年11月，在克尔曼沙省发生了7.3级地震，620人丧生，伊拉克另有8人遇难。