IRAN - Dozens die in western Iran quakes

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Friday, 31 March 2006,

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Dozens

die in western Iran quakes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At least 38 people have been killed and 700 injured after several

earthquakes in western Iran, state media says.

The quakes, with magnitudes of up to six, centred on remote

villages between the industrial towns of Doroud and Boroujerd in the province of Lorestan.

Eyewitnesses in Doroud said the quakes, which happened in the

middle of the night, caused panic among residents.

Doroud's governor told Irna

news agency that buildings in rural areas had been damaged and power lines

cut.

Panic

Iran straddles a major geological fault line

and is regularly struck by powerful earthquakes.

Some 40,000 people died when the ancient

city of Bam was levelled by an earthquake in

December 2003.

As many as 40 villages were thought to have been damaged by the

latest quakes, some severely, local TV reported.

Most of the injured were in bed when the first tremor hit at

0105 (Thursday 2135 GMT), Irna said.

One local official, Ali Barani, said many of the worst hit

villages had been completely flattened. Those who did manage to escape sought

refuge outside.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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