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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:18 PM

Justice wanted (2,657 posts)

BREAKING NEWS: 80 dead 400 injured Earthquake in Iran

Last edited Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:28 PM USA/ET - Edit history (2)

Source: NBC NEWS

Two powerful earthquakes struck northwest Iran Saturday, killing 80 people and injuring about 400 more, state media reported.



The U.S. Geological survey measured the first quake, which struck 37 miles northeast of the city Tabriz, at 3:25 p.m. with a 6.4 magnitude. The second quake, which occurred 11 minutes later, struck an area about 30 miles northeast of Tabriz with a 6.3 magnitude.




Read more: http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/11/13234347-powerful-earthquakes-strike-iran-killing-dozens-destroying-villages?lite


Details just becoming available.


Edit: When it was just banner headline it read 100 injured I corrected headline correct reading now.

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Reply BREAKING NEWS: 80 dead 400 injured Earthquake in Iran (Original post)
 Justice wanted Aug 2012 OP
LineReply BBC News link
 dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #1
LineReply wow, when I read it earlier this am it seemed like it was minor and no injuries
 maddezmom Aug 2012 #2
LineLineReply First reports are never close to accurate.
 aquart Aug 2012 #11
LineReply My thoughts are with the people.
 Solly Mack Aug 2012 #3
LineReply The 2 biggies (6.4 & 6.3) are producing lots of 5+ aftershocks.
 BumRushDaShow Aug 2012 #4
LineReply reBREAKING NEWS: 80 dead 400 injured Earthquake in Iran
 allan01 Aug 2012 #5
LineReply wow...we've been having earthquakes here in Los Angeles...
 SoapBox Aug 2012 #6
LineLineReply Earthquakes are common and kinda have been for, well, ever. (nt)
 Posteritatis Aug 2012 #7
LineLineReply Ice melt redistributing weight on tectonic plates?
 aquart Aug 2012 #13
LineLineLineNew Reply Are there any glaciers
 Missycim Aug 2012 #28
LineLineReply yeh I felt those hmmm nt
 TrumanKilldPatton Aug 2012 #15
LineLineNew Reply Yes...
 awoke_in_2003 Aug 2012 #24
LineReply RWers to cheer the deaths and mayhem in 3...2...1...
 kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #8
LineLineReply Also we can expect the Iranians will call the earthquake a Zionist plot
 iandhr Aug 2012 #9
LineLineLineReply Yup, and Ahmenanutjob's good buddy Hugo Chavez will back that up.
 Archae Aug 2012 #20
LineLineLineReply For sure! No doubt they will claim that the Israelis are using chemtrails
 JDPriestly Aug 2012 #22
LineReply Who will send aid?
 SCVDem Aug 2012 #10
LineLineReply EVERYONE sends aid in a great disaster. EVERYONE.
 aquart Aug 2012 #12
LineLineLineReply Might be more accurate to say
 dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #14
LineLineLineNew Reply I hope the USA sends aid and Iran accepts.
 joshcryer Aug 2012 #26
LineLineLineLineNew Reply I can see us sending it
 Missycim Aug 2012 #29
LineLineReply The United States has offered assistance to Iran in past disasters.
 mwooldri Aug 2012 #17
LineLineReply The answers is yes, we would help them. Ditto for Israel.
 Beacool Aug 2012 #18
LineLineLineReply They promised it
 dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #19
LineReply I'm so sorry.
 Beacool Aug 2012 #16
LineReply Tabriz is such a beautiful city.
 Skidmore Aug 2012 #21
LineNew Reply Death toll now 180, 1,500 injured
 muriel_volestrangler Aug 2012 #23
LineLineNew Reply Death toll now 250, 2000 injured
 dipsydoodle Aug 2012 #25
LineLineLineNew Reply :(
 joshcryer Aug 2012 #27
LineNew Reply USA Earthquake
 Bearice Aug 2012 #30
LineLineNew Reply Really? You mean the San Andreas and New Madrid faults haven't been fixed?
 REP Aug 2012 #32
LineNew Reply Iran has been getting hit quite a number of times with earthquakes
 davidpdx Aug 2012 #31

Response to Justice wanted (Original post)

Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:32 PM

Star Member dipsydoodle (33,146 posts)

1. BBC News link

Two strong earthquakes have struck north-western Iran, leaving at least 87 people dead and 400 more injured, according to state TV.

The quakes struck near the city of Tabriz and the town of Ahar, but most of the casualties are thought to be in outlying villages.

Reports say phone lines to many villages have been cut off, making rescue efforts harder.

The US Geological Service measured the quakes at magnitude 6.4 and 6.3.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19226500

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:35 PM

Star Member maddezmom (131,268 posts)

2. wow, when I read it earlier this am it seemed like it was minor and no injuries

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:13 PM

Star Member aquart (67,682 posts)

11. First reports are never close to accurate.

The morning after the Indonesian tsunami, TV news barely had a hundred dead. That changed.

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:37 PM

Star Member Solly Mack (49,798 posts)

3. My thoughts are with the people.

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:39 PM

Star Member BumRushDaShow (12,021 posts)

4. The 2 biggies (6.4 & 6.3) are producing lots of 5+ aftershocks.

This is just sad. I know that country is very geologically active.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/45_40.php

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:40 PM

allan01 (648 posts)

5. reBREAKING NEWS: 80 dead 400 injured Earthquake in Iran

http://earthquake-report.com/2012/08/11/extremely-dangerous-shallow-earthquake-in-the-greater-tabriz-iran-area/
i go here for breaking earthquake news

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:46 PM

SoapBox (5,909 posts)

6. wow...we've been having earthquakes here in Los Angeles...

We had a small "thud" quake just this morning, about 2 hours ago (around 8:30AM Pacific)...others have been over the about the last 3 days.

Related? Mother Earth is angry?

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 01:58 PM

Posteritatis (17,452 posts)

7. Earthquakes are common and kinda have been for, well, ever. (nt)

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:20 PM

Star Member aquart (67,682 posts)

13. Ice melt redistributing weight on tectonic plates?

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Sun Aug 12, 2012, 09:56 AM

Missycim (950 posts)

28. Are there any glaciers

 

in Iran?

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:27 PM

TrumanKilldPatton (13 posts)

15. yeh I felt those hmmm nt

 

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 10:06 PM

Star Member awoke_in_2003 (18,746 posts)

24. Yes...

and Santa isn't too pleased, either

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:04 PM

Star Member kestrel91316 (45,673 posts)

8. RWers to cheer the deaths and mayhem in 3...2...1...

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:11 PM

iandhr (2,295 posts)

9. Also we can expect the Iranians will call the earthquake a Zionist plot

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 03:28 PM

Archae (26,620 posts)

20. Yup, and Ahmenanutjob's good buddy Hugo Chavez will back that up.

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 04:39 PM

Star Member JDPriestly (38,301 posts)

22. For sure! No doubt they will claim that the Israelis are using chemtrails

to jinx the earth in Iran.

On the other hand, could it be that one of Iran's own nuclear tests went awry.

Just joking. I live in LA. Earthquakes are a fact of life.

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:11 PM

SCVDem (1,022 posts)

10. Who will send aid?

If aid is requested will the United Stated send help? I believe we would.

Would Israel? Isn't that an interesting conundrum. I believe their religion would require assisting but the politics make it a toxic issue.

Is this one where we would let China and Russia help without the West?

I like to remember that the people are not running the country.

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:19 PM

Star Member aquart (67,682 posts)

12. EVERYONE sends aid in a great disaster. EVERYONE.

Last edited Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:24 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

The world tried to help New Orleans after Katrina but that son of a bitch Bush turned them back.

It is the nation's decision to accept help and who from.

But every rescue team goes on alert.

On edit: This, so far, is not that big a disaster. They probably don't need outside help if they have sufficient rescue teams.

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:27 PM

Star Member dipsydoodle (33,146 posts)

14. Might be more accurate to say

everyone promises aid. Whether or not it materialises is a different matter.

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Sun Aug 12, 2012, 05:39 AM

joshcryer (39,853 posts)

26. I hope the USA sends aid and Iran accepts.

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Sun Aug 12, 2012, 10:20 AM

Missycim (950 posts)

29. I can see us sending it

 

but I doubt they will accept it on political grounds.

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:27 PM

mwooldri (6,008 posts)

17. The United States has offered assistance to Iran in past disasters.

I know the USA doesn't see eye-to-eye with Iran but we offer and they say no. It's OK. As long as that exchange is in the open and for all to see, then doesn't matter what rest of world thinks. We can't MAKE a country accept our humanitarian aid.

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:30 PM

Beacool (19,333 posts)

18. The answers is yes, we would help them. Ditto for Israel.

The US has spent millions in aid to countries that are not friendly to us. For example, food shipments to No. Korea.

Natural tragedies supersede political fights among governments. Although, I doubt that Iran would accept help from us or the Israelis.

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 03:00 PM

Star Member dipsydoodle (33,146 posts)

19. They promised it

and then didn't cough up.

Its all smoke and mirrors just trying to look good.

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 02:27 PM

Beacool (19,333 posts)

16. I'm so sorry.

My best wishes to the affected people.

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 04:14 PM

Skidmore (29,229 posts)

21. Tabriz is such a beautiful city.

Iran has many earthquakes and there tends to be a lot of damage because of the use of mud bricks for construction. My heart goes out to the people in those villages.

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Sat Aug 11, 2012, 07:26 PM

Star Member muriel_volestrangler (65,829 posts)

23. Death toll now 180, 1,500 injured

Two strong earthquakes killed 180 people and injured about 1,500 in northwest Iran where rescuers frantically combed the rubble of dozens of villages through the night into Sunday.

Thousands fled their homes and remained outdoors after Saturday's quakes, as at least 40 aftershocks hit the area.

Casualty figures could rise, Iranian officials said, as some of the injured were in a critical condition while other people were still trapped under the rubble and rescuers - hampered by the darkness - had yet to reach some affected villages.

Six villages had been destroyed and about 60 had sustained more than 50 percent damage, Iranian media said.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/08/11/uk-iran-earthquake-idUKBRE87A08V20120811

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Sun Aug 12, 2012, 05:40 AM

joshcryer (39,853 posts)

27. :(

And here I was debating trivialities when I should've been watching this.

RIP Iranians and best wishes to those who lost loved ones.

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Sun Aug 12, 2012, 09:55 PM

Bearice (6 posts)

30. USA Earthquake

 

Major Earthquake is destined to hit USA

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Mon Aug 13, 2012, 04:24 AM

Star Member REP (18,494 posts)

32. Really? You mean the San Andreas and New Madrid faults haven't been fixed?

Must be Obama's fault!

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Mon Aug 13, 2012, 01:00 AM

Star Member davidpdx (9,137 posts)

31. Iran has been getting hit quite a number of times with earthquakes

I hope they are able to save as many people as possible quickly. Time is crucial to getting people out of the rubble.

As an undergrad, I had a RA in my dorm who was from Iran. He was a really nice guy.

I have to wonder about these underground facilities though and how stable they are with the quakes. That may be a really nasty accident waiting to happen.

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