5 Dead and Over 500 Injured by Iran Earthquake

Iran's state television has reported that the number of people injured in the 5.9-magnitude earthquake that occurred Friday has reached 520. This figure was released after completing rescue operations in more than 80 remote villages in the Tark region, about 400km northwest of the Iranian capital. According to [...]
This figure was released after completing rescue operations in more than 80 remote villages in the Tark region, about 400km northwest of the Iranian capital.
According to authorities, 28 people have been lying in hospital because of injuries, while others have been released to go home. The death toll remains unchanged, five.
Iran lies in an area of very high seismic activity, and an average land quake occurs in this country a day.
In 2003, an earthquake that struck the historic city of Bam in Iran caused 26 thousand casualties, while in 2017 another earthquake had killed 600 people, writes “Free Europe”.











