The injured people were hospitalized in hospitals of Neyshabur city in Khorasan Razavi province and they are generally in good condition, Seyyed Reza Abbasi told Fars.
Abbasi said that there have been no reports of casualties so far.
Due to the strength of the earthquake, some of the walls of the buildings cracked and the glasses of the windows broke in Neyshabur city and in the suburban villages, he added.
The official IRNA news agency said that telecommunication systems, including cell phones, have faced disruptions in Neyshabur region.
An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted northeastern Iran at 16:05 local time (12:35 GMT) on Thursday.
The epicenter, with a depth of 10.40 km, was initially determined to be at 36.2839 degrees north latitude and 58.8915 degrees east longitude, which is in Neyshabur region 64 km to the west of Iran`s northeastern holy city of Mashhad, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Earlier, Fars said that the tremor also shook Mashhad and its suburban area, especially Tarqabeh town. (*)
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