Another huge earthquake struck Iran’s rural southeast region Tuesday evening, killing one woman and injuring more than two dozen other people, media reports cited officials as saying.

Another huge earthquake struck Iran's rural southeast region Tuesday evening, killing one woman and injuring more than two dozen other people, media reports cited officials as saying.

"A woman was killed by a mountain landslide following the quake,” ISNA news agency quoted Alireza  Shahraki, governor of Khash city as saying.

According to other Iranian officials cited by the media, Tuesday's 7.7 magnitude quake in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan also left 27 people injured while more than 20 villages were damaged.

At least eight aftershocks have been recorded, the strongest measuring 5.6 magnitude.