earthquake southern iran 5.8 and 5.1

[joe kurtz]

[joe kurtz]

thank you sherry. pictures like these brings the human side. its easy to give numbers, and we forget that quakes destroies homes, people get hurt, innocent people. janette.

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Already downgraded to a 5.2 by the lovely usgs. However, descriptions of the quake tell you the 5.2 downgrade (although official) is a lie.

According to the report of seismography center at Tehran University's Geophysics Institute, a tremor struck close to the Persian Gulf coast at 12:08 a.m. and damaged some homes. The injured included residents of the town of Lamerd, Iranian media reported, where a local relief official told state media that between 50% and 70% of buildings were damaged.

A second earthquake or aftershock measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck 12 minutes later, according to seismologists. The semi-official Iranian Students News Agency reported that a total of 12 aftershocks shook the area.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/07/iran-governme...

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AP - Wed Jul 21st, 2010 12:28 AM EDT

TEHRAN, Iran - State TV says a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 has shaken southern Iran, injuring 15 people.

Iranian state TV says the quake on Wednesday shook Ashkenan, a region near Lamerd in southern Iran.

The TV report quotes Tehran University's Geophysics Institute as saying that seven small quakes with magnitudes of 3.5 to 5.2 jolted the region
following the main quake.

No other details were immediately available.

Iran is located on seismic fault lines and is prone to earthquakes. It
experiences at least one slight earthquake every day on average.