A 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the border region of Iran and Iraq around 9.18 PM local time on Sunday. The tremors were felt across Middle East. The devastating earthquake took more than 400 lives and reduced several buildings to rubbles.
In Iran itself, the death toll continues to rise, while over 6700 people are injured. In Iraq, several people were killed and over 500 injured.
The epicenter of the earthquake was registered 27 miles from Halabja in eastern Iraq. According to seismologists, Iran sits on a fault line that is prone to quakes. Kokab Fard, a 49-year-old housewife in Sarpol-e-Zahab, told The Associated Press she could only flee empty-handed when her apartment complex collapsed. "Immediately after I managed to get out,
In 2010 the country of Haiti experienced a 7.0 magnitude earthquake and many lives were lost and buildings are slowly being rebuilt today. Through the years after this disaster, many countries from around the world have come to its aid in rebuilding.
The earthquake occurred on the 12th of January 2010, a slip along the conservative boundary situated along Haiti caused a significant earthquake with subsequent damaging aftershocks. As can be seen in figure 1 the shaking intensity was strongest at the epicentre of the
The New York Times has an article titled Iran-Iraq Earthquake Kills More than 500, the article is about a sizeable earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 that struck Iraq close to the border of Iran on Sunday, November 17, 2017, It was so big it impacted places far away like Turkey and Pakistan. This earthquake introduced a struggle for Iran, it ruined a large portion of homes, companies, and families. It created disorder because of the danger and destruction it caused. When the citizens in Iran became notified of the earthquake, panic broke out causing chaos. After it was over with, even more, chaos broke out, the whole city was in ruins. It was hard for the Iranians to receive help because of how places were hard to get to after everything was destroyed.
From this figure I know that the earthquake is located at the point where all three circles are intersecting. It looks as if it is on the boarder of Montana and Colorado.
On August 24, 2014 a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in and around the city of Napa, CA. The earthquake killed one person and injured over 150 people. And these people were treated at Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa [1]. More and more earthquakes occurred on this earth. So this grasps people’s attention.
On January twelfth 2010, a deadly earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 hit the coast of Port au prince, Haiti for 35 seconds, killing around 200,000 and leaving approximately to 1.5 million of the population homeless including kids who became orphans and vice versa in a matter of less than a minute. Before the earthquake, the way of life was not as bad as portrayed back at home, most of the news broadcasted in the mainstream media were exaggerated news, negative light and unfair tales to make Haiti look inferior.
Imagine if you had to restart your life, new shelter, new job, new lifestyle. Well locals or people in the Philippines had to restart their life when an earthquake with an magnitude of 7.1 hit the country and destroyed people’s lives. The earthquake had a devastating 7.1 magnitude. The earthquake hit the Philippines on October 15th, 2013. The likely culprit of the earthquake was the East Bohol Fault because the two tectonic plates were sliding against each other and the creates an earthquake. Sadly, earthquake killed more than 90 people. Ports, schools, and airports were damaged. A hospital collapsed then that lead to a killing of 18 people. Children were also injured at sports complexes because people rushed the exits when the the ground started to shake. Lastly, 5 people were killed in a landslide that was triggered from the earthquake. What really matters though is how people respond to the
An earthquake is where two transform plate boundaries slide and creak the earth. This is what happened in the Philippines. Although it was in 2013 the people are still in need of help to get back to their daily lives. The Philippines earthquake had a magnitude of 7.1. This earthquake was gigantic, and it took down many buildings that were in its path. Lucky the children were not in school that day because of the Muslim holidays the earthquake caused the school to collaspe. If the children were in school, then it would have killed most of the kids.There were 2,100 aftershocks. The day of the quake was October 15, 2013. People respond to a natural disaster by gathering materials and donations, spreading the word, and the government's aid.
Have you ever been in a deadly earthquake? In 2013, the people of the Philippines experienced one. A 7.1 magnitude earthquake that affected around 43,000 people with 2,211 aftershocks that ended up killing a total of 185 people. Earthquakes are known as one of the most dangerous natural disasters. This horrific event happened October 15th, 2013. The earthquake hit hardest in the central Philippines, it was reported to be caused by the East Bohol Fault. People act in a response to a natural disaster by gathering resources, spreading word, and government aid.
What: In Nepal near Kathmandu there was a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. It killed about 8,000 people and injured nearly 18,000 people. It affected 8 million
According to the reports, the tremors were detected 5 km south of the village of Bamut, at a distance of 45 km from the capital.
the inception of the Islamic Republic of Iran, only two clerics have led the country. The Supreme
In order to study maximum potential seismicity of the region and also determining dispersion of events at the site, all instrumental (Engdahl et al., 2006) and historical (Ambraseys and Melville, 1982; Berberian and Arshadi., 1976) earthquakes have been collected, processed and analyzed after eliminating foreshocks and aftershocks (Powell and Duda, 1975). Moreover, in order to obtain better aspect of the seismicity potential of the region, focal depths and magnitudes of the events which happened in the region up to 50, 100, 150, and 200km are presented in Figures 1 and 2. It is concluded that the average depth of events is 7.5 to 12.5 km and magnitudes between 3 and 5 show a great range of the whole events.
Figure 1 shows the activity of the Anatolian and Arabian plates which cross one another and form the earthquakes in/around the vicinity of the Anatolian Fault:
In 2015 September 16, an earthquake registered at the magnitude of 8.3 hit the offshore of IL lapel and Chile. The tsunami waves arrived on the coast