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Title: Death toll in powerful Iran-Iraq earthquake passes 300
Post by: TomSea on November 13, 2017, 01:02:02 am

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Iran-Iraq earthquake kills at least 67, injures more than 500, officials say
Fox News
Iranian officials say at least sixty dead

At least 67 people were killed and more than 500 others were hurt in a powerful earthquake on the Iran-Iraq border region Sunday, Iranian officials revealed.

The quake had a magnitude of 7.3, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced, as reports of serious structural damage started to emerge.

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Title: Re: Iran-Iraq earthquake kills at least 67, injures more than 500, officials say
Post by: KingsX on November 13, 2017, 01:13:34 am

TV news showed a video of a huge chandelier swaying over 200 miles away in  Baghdad.

Title: Re: Iran-Iraq earthquake kills at least 67, injures more than 500, officials say
Post by: Gefn on November 13, 2017, 11:34:48 am

CNN is reporting 300 plus dead as of 6:00 am and 4,000 am injured

Oh gosh. Prayers.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/12/middleeast/iraq-earthquake/index.html

Title: Re: Death toll in powerful Iran-Iraq earthquake passes 300
Post by: Mod1 on November 13, 2017, 12:05:58 pm

Headline updated.

Title: Re: Iran-Iraq earthquake kills at least 67, injures more than 500, officials say
Post by: aligncare on November 13, 2017, 12:16:02 pm

Quote from: Freya on November 13, 2017, 11:34:48 am

CNN is reporting 300 plus dead as of 6:00 am and 4,000 am injured

Oh gosh. Prayers.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/12/middleeast/iraq-earthquake/index.html

Praying, but my heart isn’t in it. Sorry.

Title: Re: Iran-Iraq earthquake kills at least 67, injures more than 500, officials say
Post by: Gefn on November 13, 2017, 12:18:04 pm

Quote from: aligncare on November 13, 2017, 12:16:02 pm

Praying, but my heart isn’t in it. Sorry.

I understand but there might be children, you know?

Title: Re: Iran-Iraq earthquake kills at least 67, injures more than 500, officials say
Post by: Sanguine on November 13, 2017, 12:18:19 pm

Quote from: aligncare on November 13, 2017, 12:16:02 pm

Praying, but my heart isn’t in it. Sorry.

Same here, but apparently that's how we're supposed to do it.

Title: Re: Iran-Iraq earthquake kills at least 67, injures more than 500, officials say
Post by: aligncare on November 13, 2017, 12:20:41 pm

Quote from: Freya on November 13, 2017, 12:18:04 pm

I understand but there might be children, you know?

Yes, I realize that sounded harsh and I do wish the innocents well. It’s jihadists that I wish to burn in Hell.

Title: Re: Iran-Iraq earthquake kills at least 67, injures more than 500, officials say
Post by: catfish1957 on November 13, 2017, 12:31:37 pm

Quote from: KingsX on November 13, 2017, 01:13:34 am

TV news showed a video of a huge chandelier swaying over 200 miles away in  Baghdad.

Earthquakes are amazingly powerful destructive events.   

Always amazed me that an earthquake in SE Missouri could cause church bells to ring in Boston.