Posted on 11/12/2017 10:40:56 AM PST by rdl6989
Magnitude uncertainty 7.2 mww± 0.1 Location uncertainty 34.930°N 45.794°E± 8.1 km Depth uncertainty 33.9 km± 5.1 Origin Time 2017-11-12 18:18:19.770 UTC Number of Stations – Number of Phases 64
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Ping.
Pretty large, and pretty shallow.
I was just going to post this, but you beat me to it.
how deep?
Is there a fault line there?
“Gee, that sounds like a pretty big earthcake.”
The depth was 34 kilometers. That area has a history of devastating quakes.
Large herd of sheep in town?
Future
Kurdistan?
Just looking at the region on google earth. There’s a massive dam connected to the massive, polluted lake Darbandikhan nearby.
When your building materials are mud bricks, pressed earth and in more modern times unreinforced concrete blocks, lots of quakes are going to be devastating. I used to tell my students, earthquakes kill by dropping heavy things on you.
Im stocked up on liquor if we ave to have a drinking game!
At least 30 dead so far.
http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/878710/earthquake-news-iran-iraq-middle-east-magnitude
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