At Least 135 Dead Because 7.3 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Iran-Iraq Border...

At Least 135 Dead Because 7.3 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Iran-Iraq Border At least 135 people were killed along with hundreds a lot more injured whenever a 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook the actual mountainous Iran-Iraq border triggering landslides that have got been hindering rescue efforts, officials stated Monday.

Footage posted on Twitter showed panicked individuals fleeing any constructing throughout Sulaimaniyah, northern Iraq, as windows shattered at the minute the quake struck late Sunday, although images from the neighborhood city involving Darbandikhan showed main walls and concrete structures had collapsed.

Iranian state broadcaster IRIB said 129 were dead in an updated toll posted upon its website, as the official IRNA information agency stated some 300 folks ended up injured, adding the toll had been expected in order to rise.