The majority of the casualties were in the city of Tazehabad, northeast of Kermanshah, according to Tasnim.
And in 2003, a 6.6-magnitude quake destroyed the historic city of Bam, killing 26,000 people.
One person was killed and dozens injured in a strong 6.0-magnitude natural disaster that struck western Iran near the border with Iraq early today, local media reported.
The quake killed two: a 70-year-old man in Thalath-i-Babajani county, and a pregnant woman in Eslamabad-e Gharb, both by heart attack.
Red Crescent Society of Kermanshah Province has dispatched 24 rescue teams to Tazeh Abad and the villages affected.
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There were reports that the strongest quake was felt far across the border into Iraq, and IRNA said there were multiple aftershocks.
However, the situation was "under control" and no request for help had been sent to neighboring provinces, said Reza Mahmoudian, the provincial director-general of crisis management. President Hassan Rouhani ordered him to provide immediate relief to the earthquake-stricken region.
In November, a 7.3 magnitude quake hit villages and towns in Kermanshah Province along the mountainous border with Iraq, killing at least 620 people and injuring thousands of others.
Iran sits on a series of faults that cause earthquakes. In Iraq, nine people were killed and 550 were injured.
