Iran hit with 6.2 quake causing damages , injuries

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minab, ira quakeA strong earthquake of 6.2 magnitude hit southern Iran early Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, with local media reporting of damaged villages and several injuries.

The epicentre of the quake was measured at 85 kilometres (52 miles) southeast of the southern town of Minab at 0208 GMT, the USGS said in a statement. It was at a depth of 36.44 km.

Head of Iran’s Red Crescent rescue corps Mahmoud Mozafar told the Fars news agency that at least 11 people had been injured in five villages which were “severely” hit by the quake.

The Mehr news agency, quoted him as saying that “several houses were levelled” based on preliminary reports.

The reports said rescue teams were dispatched to the affected area.

The USGS said there was a 35 percent chance of fatalities from the quake which the Hong Kong Observatory measured at 6.1 magnitude.

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

Iran sits astride several major fault lines and is prone to frequent earthquakes, some of which have been devastating.

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 levelled.

A double earthquake, one measuring 6.2 and the other 6.0, struck northwestern Iran last August, killing more than 300 people and injuring 3,000.

In December 2003, a massive quake struck the southern city of Bam. It killed 26,271 people — about a quarter of the population — and destroyed the city’s ancient mud-built citadel.

Channel News Asia

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8 responses to “Iran hit with 6.2 quake causing damages , injuries”

  1. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    If they send the colourful drones up soon enough, we could have Greatest video of a country shaking itself to death … Focus a cam on that Ayatolla Palace, please. Might get some Supreme Ending for a documentary. ๐Ÿ˜‰

    Oh, oh … is there a crowd blowing trumpets somewhere ??? Hmmmm ….

    1. Patience2 Avatar
      Patience2

      Maybe it was a ‘black hole’ swallowing Tehran…?

    2. dateam Avatar

      Pretty disappointing comment 5th about the suffering of normal people no matter who they are from natural disasters that could hit anywhere anytime…..one shouldnt claim to be so righteous yet make fun of the misery of others no matter who…if we claim to be civilised and others are not then we should not make fun of their misery otherwise we are no different.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        I don’t recall saying anything about the poor citizens, dateam.

  2. 5thDrawer Avatar
    5thDrawer

    If they send the colourful drones up soon enough, we could have Greatest video of a country shaking itself to death … Focus a cam on that Ayatolla Palace, please. Might get some Supreme Ending for a documentary. ๐Ÿ˜‰

    1. Patience2 Avatar
      Patience2

      Maybe it was a ‘black hole’ swallowing Tehran…?

    2. dateam Avatar

      Pretty disappointing comment 5th about the suffering of normal people no matter who they are from natural disasters that could hit anywhere anytime…..one shouldnt claim to be so righteous yet make fun of the misery of others no matter who…if we claim to be civilised and others are not then we should not make fun of their misery otherwise we are no different.

      1. 5thDrawer Avatar
        5thDrawer

        I don’t recall saying anything about the poor citizens, dateam.

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