Southern Iran was shaken by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake early on Saturday with local media reporting of damaged villages and at least 20 people injured.

Southern Iran was shaken by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake early on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, with local media reporting of damaged villages and at least 20 people injured.

The quake was felt mostly near the southern town of Minab, located in the Hormuzgan province around 7 a.m. local time. It was at a depth of 36.44 km (22.64 miles).

Iran's top quake rescue operations figure, Mahmoud Mozafar, said at least 20 people had been injured.

State television said six villages had been damaged.

Media reports said telephone connection to the quake-hit area, located in remote regions, had been cut.

Iran's Seismological Centre has registered a series of aftershocks, measuring between 4.1 and 5.2.

Last month, the biggest earthquake to hit the country in 50 years, measuring 7.8 killed a woman and injured more than a dozen other people in the southeast.

At least 40 people were killed across the border in Pakistan where hundreds of mud homes were leveled.

Also in April, another quake struck near Iran's Gulf port city of Bushehr, killing at least 30 people. The UN's atomic agency said there was no damage to Iran's nuclear power plant at Bushehr.