In pictures: Deadly earthquake jolts Iran, Iraq
The quake was felt in several provinces of Iran but the hardest hit province was Kermanshah. More than 300 of the victims were in Sarpol-e Zahab county in that province, about 15 km (10 miles) from the Iraq border. Photo: Reuters
(Web Desk) - Just a day after one of the most deadly earthquakes in over a decade to have hit Iran and Iraq, the death toll has reached 450, reported Reuters.
Thousands were left homeless as the quake’s jolts were felt in several provinces of Iran. More than 300 of the earth quake victims were from Sarpol-e-Zahab County which is about 15 km from Iraq border.
According to the Iranian media, relief workers have been pleading for immediate need for blankets, clothes for children, medicine and large cans to store drinking water.
The earthquake was felt in the Iraq’s Kurdish region. An Iraqi meteorology official put the quake’s magnitude at 6.5, with the epicenter in Penjwin in Iraq’s Sulaimaniyah province in the Kurdistan region, close to the main border crossing with Iran.
Kurdish health officials said at least six people were killed in Iraq and at least 68 injured, adding that in northern Iraq Kurdish districts seven were killed and 325 wounded.
Iraq’s health and local officials said the worst-hit area was Darbandikham district, near the border with Iran, where at least 10 houses had collapsed and the district’s only hospital was severely damaged.
A man sits outside a damaged belonging following an earthquake in Sarpol-e Zahab county in Kermanshah, Iran. Photo: Reuters
People react next to dead bodies following an earthquake in Sarpol-e Zahab county in Kermanshah, Iran. Photo: Reuters
A damaged building is seen following an earthquake in Sarpol-e Zahab county in Kermanshah, Iran. Photo: Reuters
A man reacts following an earthquake in Sarpol-e Zahab county in Kermanshah, Iran. Photo: Reuters
People walk past a damaged building following an earthquake in Sarpol-e Zahab county in Kermanshah, Iran. Photo: Reuters
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A man carries his belongings following an earthquake in Sarpol-e Zahab county in Kermanshah, Iran. Photo: Reuters
IRAQ
A man walks past a damaged building following an earthquake in Darbandikhan in Sulaimaniya Governorate, Iraq. Photo: Reuters
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A crack is seen on a road after an earthquake at the Darbandikhan Dam, near the city of Sulaimaniyah, in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, Iraq. Photo: Reuters
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Residents gather near a damaged building following an earthquake in the town of Darbandikhan, near the city of Sulaimaniyah, in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, Iraq. Photo: Reuters
A wounded man lies on a bed at a temporary outside hospital, following an earthquake at the town of Darbandikhan, near the city of Sulaimaniyah, in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, Iraq. Photo: Reuters
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People walk past a damaged building following an earthquake in the town of Darbandikhan, near the city of Sulaimaniyah, in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, Iraq. Photo: Reuters
