Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 strikes Western Iran

(Reuters) - An earthquake measuring magnitude 5.7 struck Western Iran on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported.

The quake struck Iran's Khuzestan Province injuring at least 15 people but did not damage oil infrastructure in the province, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported.

Rescue teams were mobilised in the oil-rich province and surrounding ones and several aftershocks registered, IRNA said.

It hit at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles), GFZ said.

(Reporting by Angela Christy in Bengaluru, Elwely Elwelly in Dubai; editing by Kim Coghill and Jason Neely)