Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Several dead in south Iran quake

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Several dead in south Iran quake

    A powerful earthquake has hit southern Iran, damaging several villages and killing at least five people and injuring dozens more, officials say.
    The 5.9-magnitude quake struck Qeshm island, home to 120,000 people, and the city of Bandar Abbas, state media said.

    The Qeshm island governor said four nearby villages had been damaged and at least five people had been killed.

    The quake, which struck at 1353 (1023 GMT), was felt in the neighbouring Gulf states of Oman and the UAE.

    Iran sits in a volatile earthquake region, and is regularly struck by damaging quakes.

    A 6.4-magnitude quake hit the town of Zarand in Kerman province in February, killing hundreds of people and injuring more than 1,400.

    The ancient city of Bam was destroyed in December 2003 by a 6.7-strength earthquake that killed more than 26,000 people.

    'We panicked'

    Heydar Alishbandi, governor of Qeshm island, told the AFP news agency that the western villages of Gabardin, Tonban, Tourian and Khaldin had been badly hit.

    The villages have a total population of about 6,000, he added.

    Qeshm city, the provincial centre, remained largely unscathed, although state TV reported that market stalls were knocked to the ground.

    "We were panicked. I saw an injured person with blood on their clothes being taken to a local hospital," one woman in Qeshm told AFP.

    The island's main hospital was full of injured people from villages affected by the quake, the official Irna news agency said.

    There were reports of people fleeing buildings in the larger city of Bandar Abbas, a major port, but no indications of serious damage.
    What's the difference between people who pray in church and those who pray in casinos?
    The ones in the casinos are serious.

  • #2
    China yesterday, iran today. Tommorrow who knows.
    Hala Madrid!!

    Comment


    • #3
      Rather eerie.


      "Some have learnt many Tricks of sly Evasion, Instead of Truth they use Equivocation, And eke it out with mental Reservation, Which is to good Men an Abomination."

      I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to.

      HAKUNA MATATA

      Comment


      • #4
        Tectonics'll get you every time. ;)

        In my own detached way, and I've mentioned this in a previous thread, I'm waiting with a smile for the wailing hue and cry when the next Krakatoa or Tambora happens. All the Lefty hand-wringers will be reaching for their thesauri to look up alternates for "horror" when the next Indonesian island heaves itself up into the troposphere.

        -dale

        Comment

        Working...
        X