Powerful 7.3 Magnitude Quake on Iran-Iraq Border + ( Videos )
Tremors were felt in many middle eastern nations after a major earthquake hit the border area between Iran and Iraq, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC). Recent estimates reveal that at least 1000 people have been severely injured and some 100 people killed in the powerful 7.3 quake.
A 7.3-magnitude earthquake hit a remote region about 20 miles southwest of the Iraqi town of Halabja near the Iran-Iraq border on Sunday, the EMSC reported. The epicenter of the earthquake was located some 127 miles north-east of Iraq’s Baghdad, and 67 miles west of Iran’s Kermanshah at a depth of 6 miles.
An EMSC geoscientist claimed that the earthquake is the strongest to hit the region in 50 years.
A Kurdish broadcaster captured the earth-trembling during a news TV show.
Iran and Iraqi authorities on the border region have now been quoted as saying that at least 100 have died and that thousands have been injured. Local witnesses said that some parts of living compounds have been destroyed, leaving houses collapsed after the quake.
It seems Derbendikhan was hit at strongest, some houses collapsed during earthquake #KRG pic.twitter.com/GM6aXHp3g1
— Aram (@AramKrdstn) November 12, 2017
#BREAKING: Strong earthquake hit Kurdistan Region!
Felt it at office pic.twitter.com/pKTgP8f5Ju— Baxtiyar Goran ☀️ (@BaxtiyarGoran) November 12, 2017
