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Turkey first to deliver relief supplies to quake-hit northern Iraq

  • by Derrick Holloway
  • in World
  • — Nov 13, 2017
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At least six people have been killed by a major quake that shook a large area on the Iran-Iraq border 217 miles north of Baghdad on Sunday, Iranian state TV reported according to The Independent.

The quake was said to have a magnitude of 7.3, although earlier reports said it had been 7.2, according to Daily Mail.

Iraqi media reports indicate that the quake has damaged at least eight villages and has cut electricity to thousands of people.

Semi-official Tasnim news agency quoted an emergency services official as saying there were fears that casualties in villages and small towns could be high.

A 5.7 magnitude natural disaster near Iran's border with Turkmenistan in May killed two people, injured hundreds and caused widespread damage, state media reported. Many houses in rural parts of the province are made of mud bricks, known to crumble easily in quake-prone Iran. A magnitude 6.6 devastated the historic city of Bam in 2003, killing about 26,000 people.

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It was felt for about 20 seconds in Baghdad, and sometimes for longer in other provinces of Iraq, AFP journalists said.

The quake was felt in many Iraqi provinces in the north and central regions, including the Iraqi capital Baghdad, witnesses said.

Some have spoken of having felt the tremor in Kuwait.

In the town of Diyarbakir, residents also left their homes before returning.

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