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Strong quake hits Iran, almost 400 dead
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-02-22 13:58

A strong earthquake hit southeast Iran on Tuesday, killing almost 400 people, injuring hundreds and destroying villages, a local official said.

The quake, which measured 6.4 on the Richter scale, was centered on the town of Zarand in Kerman province, about 440 miles southeast of Tehran.

In this image made from Iranian IRINN TV, Tuesday Feb. 22, 2005, showing people searching destroyed buildings in the town of Zarand, Iran, following a powerful earthquake. Several villages have been destroyed in the 6.4 magnitude quake, leaving an unknown number of people dead and injured. [AP]
In this image made from Iranian IRINN TV, Tuesday Feb. 22, 2005, showing people searching destroyed buildings in the town of Zarand, Iran, following a powerful earthquake. Several villages have been destroyed in the 6.4 magnitude quake, leaving an unknown number of people dead and injured. [AP]
While villages were razed, major settlements in the area appeared to have escaped heavy damage so the toll would not be as high as the many thousands killed in some past quakes in Iran of a similar strength, officials said.

"Figures we have show that in the early hours more than 1,000 were injured and almost 400 killed," said Ali Komsari, a spokesman for the Kerman provincial governor's office.

State radio, quoting other local officials, said 104 had been killed and hundreds injured.

"We are expecting the death toll to rise," Ali Sharifi, head of Kerman's medical university, told radio.

The head of Kerman Natural Disaster Headquarters, Mohsen Salehi, was quoted by the official IRNA news agency as saying destruction in five villages was between 20 and 70 percent.

The tremor, which struck at 5:55 a.m. (9:25 p.m. EST Monday), evoked memories of the devastating earthquake which hit the desert citadel city of Bam, about 160 miles southeast of Zarand in December 2003.

The pre-dawn Bam quake, which had a magnitude of 6.7, flattened the city, killing some 31,000 people.

Criss-crossed by several major fault lines, Iran is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world, natural disaster experts say.

But damage in major urban centers on Tuesday was light.

"In Zarand and Kerman only some walls have collapsed and there were no casualties," Interior Ministry spokesman Jahanbakhsh Khanjani said.

Kerman Governor Mohammad Ali Karimi told television that aid groups had been sent to the villages but he had not yet asked for any help from other provinces.

No major oil or gas production facilities are located in the affected area in OPEC's second largest oil producer.



 
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