The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Iran: At least five killed and 120 injured in earthquake

2019-11-08T04:01:49.545Z


In a quake of magnitude 5.9 several people have died in Iran more than 120 were injured. US experts had previously feared "significant casualties".



At 2:20 in the morning, the earth shook: at least five people were killed in an earthquake in Iran on the night of Friday. At least 120 more were injured, according to the security authorities. The state television spoke of a "moderate" quake.

According to the Seismological Center at the University of Tehran, the magnitude of the earthquake was 5.9. The center of the quake was therefore eight kilometers deep, about 120 kilometers southeast of the city Tabris in the northwestern province of East Azerbaijan.

Accordingly, there were four aftershocks, the strength was between 4.1 and 4.8. The US earthquake wardens had previously warned that it was to be expected "significant casualties".

Iran is on several tectonic fault lines, which is why it regularly comes to earthquakes. In November 2017, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake in the western province of Kermanshah killed 620 people. In 2003, the old city of Bam was destroyed in a quake of magnitude 6.6. 31,000 people died at that time.

Source: spiegel

All life articles on 2019-11-08

You may like

Trends 24h

Life/Entertain 2024-03-28T17:17:20.523Z

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.