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

At Least 135 Dead Since 7.3 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Iran-Iraq Border At least 135 everyone was killed as well as hundreds much more injured each occasion a 7.3magnitude earthquake shook your mountainous Iran-Iraq border triggering landslides that were hindering rescue efforts, officials said Monday.

Footage posted upon Twitter showed panicked folks fleeing any building within Sulaimaniyah, northern Iraq, as windows shattered in the minute your quake struck late Sunday, although images in the close by town of Darbandikhan showed major walls along with concrete structures had collapsed.

Iranian state broadcaster IRIB said 129 had been dead throughout an up to date toll posted about its website, while the official IRNA information agency mentioned a number of 300 people have been injured, adding the toll has been expected to rise.