Iran,tehran earthquake,up to 300 killed andup to 3100 injured

Strong earthquakes struck northwestern Iran on Saturday, the head of emergency services in the country.And multiple rounds of in reference to the major cities in the region and a neighboring province.The official toll, which was presented in a report to Parliament, and published on the website of the parliament, and a big jump during the last one given on Sunday by Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, who spoke of 227 dead and 1380 wounded.A single Dastjerdi that among the dead, 306, hospital morgue counted 219 of women, children and men 49. It seemed to contrast with the total comes from the fact that it was buried some of those killed by their families before officials arrived at the scene.Thrust earthquakes 6.4 and 6.3 degrees on the scale of the moment through the volume of north-western Iran on Saturday and settlement built of brick and concrete houses in the villages to the north-east of the city of Tabriz.He called on the authorities of the rescue operations on Sunday after he was pulled all the possible survivors.A single Dastjerdi "We are continuing to search for bodies."She also said that among the 3037 injury, and most - and provided first aid at the scene, while the rest were taken to hospitals for treatment - 2011. She added that the implementation of certain surgical operations 700.

karachi earthquake

The earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 jolted southwestern Pakistan, said U.S. Geological Survey in the early morning on Wednesday.Urban populations far apart as far as New Delhi and Dubai, but no significant damage to an area with low population density.Earthquake that occurred in Karachi and Hyderabad, Quetta, Jaffarabad, while the tremors felt in Lahore and Sargodha.The strength of the quake at more than 80 kilometers (50 miles) underground near a town in Baluchistan province Dalbandin, near the Afghan border, Iranian, and said the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).U.S. Agency revised a preliminary estimate that the earthquake was very shallow, ranging from 7.4, and said it was probably at a depth of 52 miles (83 km), 55 km (34 miles) west of Dalbandin, the city with about 15,000 people in the center.Poor communication delayed reports received from the remote area, but despite the strength of the shock, and depth of the damage appears to be limited. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was much shallower than the first.Residents in large cities as far apart as the Indian capital New Delhi, said the emirate of Dubai, I felt fear about how people in Karachi, although there are no early reports of injuries or damage there.In Quetta, 330 kilometers (205 miles) northeast of the epicenter, a woman died in hospital of a heart attack after the quake, officials said at the hospital. In Karachi, 400 km (250 miles), and people rushed from their homes by the quake."I felt my bed shaking. I woke up and ran to check on the children," said Rizvi impeccable. "It was very scary, I've never felt anything like this before."He said the tsunami center in the Pacific, said the quake did not cause a tsunami in the Indian Ocean.A strong earthquake of this size is capable of causing widespread damage and heavy.
Distance from the center of famous places are:
55 km (34 miles) W (271 degrees) of Dalbandin, Pakistan
263 km (164 miles) W (269 degrees) of Kalat, Pakistan
301 km (187 miles) east (102 degrees) of Zahedan, Iran
793 km (493 miles) northeast (41 degrees) from Muscat, Sultanate of Oman
He died on October 8, 2005 earthquake of 7.6 magnitude at a distance of 95 km northeast of Islamabad, about 70,000 people.Major earthquake of this size, if the shallow depths and close to urban centers, is able to inflict serious damage and serious, and can put pressure on Pakistan after the devastating floods in the past year, more than 10 million people homeless.