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1st August 2010, 00:58
Two quakes hit Tehran in Iran injuring hundreds and damaging homes...
TWO strong earthquakes have hit different parts of Iran in less than 24 hours, injuring hundreds of people and damaging hundreds of homes.
The first quake, which had a magnitude of 5.7, struck villages and towns in the northeast on Friday evening, injuring more than 200 people, said Mojtaba Sadeqian, governor of the town hardest hit, Torbat-e Heydariyeh. Two of the injured were in critical condition, the official IRNA news agency quoted him as saying.
The semiofficial ILNA news agency reported a higher injury toll, putting the number at 274.
Iranian TV footage showed parts of buildings reduced to rubble and homes strewn with shattered glass and other debris. Communications were also temporarily disrupted.
Late on Saturday morning a magnitude 5.8 earthquake rattled the Negar region, more than 1000km south of the capital, Tehran. There were no reports of casualties, but state television said there was extensive damage, most of it to buildings made of mud and brick.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/two-quakes-hit-tehran-in-iran-injuring-hundreds-and-damaging-homes/story-e6frf7lf-1225899517682
TWO strong earthquakes have hit different parts of Iran in less than 24 hours, injuring hundreds of people and damaging hundreds of homes.
The first quake, which had a magnitude of 5.7, struck villages and towns in the northeast on Friday evening, injuring more than 200 people, said Mojtaba Sadeqian, governor of the town hardest hit, Torbat-e Heydariyeh. Two of the injured were in critical condition, the official IRNA news agency quoted him as saying.
The semiofficial ILNA news agency reported a higher injury toll, putting the number at 274.
Iranian TV footage showed parts of buildings reduced to rubble and homes strewn with shattered glass and other debris. Communications were also temporarily disrupted.
Late on Saturday morning a magnitude 5.8 earthquake rattled the Negar region, more than 1000km south of the capital, Tehran. There were no reports of casualties, but state television said there was extensive damage, most of it to buildings made of mud and brick.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/two-quakes-hit-tehran-in-iran-injuring-hundreds-and-damaging-homes/story-e6frf7lf-1225899517682