What the records say
- When
- 25 Nov 2018
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.3
- Where
- Iran
- Coordinates
- 34.36° N, 45.74° E
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 759
- Intensity mmi
- 7
- Depth km
- 18
2018 Sarpol-e Zahab earthquake
Earthquake in Iran
2018 Sarpol-e Zahab earthquake with magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck western Iran near its border with Iraq at 20:07 local time on Sunday night, 25 November 2018 injuring over 700 people and sending fearful residents running into the street. One fatality and 45 injuries were also reported in the neighbouring Iraq. According to CNN, some houses were destroyed in several rural areas of Qasr-e-Shirin and SarPol-e zahab.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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