Five people were killed and 49 others injured after a magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck early on Saturday in southern Iran, followed by two other strong quakes, state media outlet IRNA reported.

IRNA said a magnitude-6.3 earthquake and a magnitude-6.1 quake followed the first one that flattened the village of Sayeh Khosh near Iran's Gulf coast. There were more than a dozen aftershocks.

"Rescue work has been carried out and we are now providing tents as emergency housing," Mehrdad Hassanzadeh, head of emergency management in Hormozgan Province, told state TV.

(With input from Reuters)