Posted on 12/20/2010 5:11:28 PM PST by nuconvert
At least seven people are dead and three villages destroyed in the quake that jolted a vast region in the south east.
An earthquake in southeast Iran has killed at least five people and destroyed homes, a regional governor has said.
The quake struck late on Monday in a mountainous region and was given a 6.3 magnitude by the US Geological Survey.
Kerman province is said to be the worst affected area.
"Seven people have been killed and hundreds have been injured. Hundreds of people are still trapped under the rubbles," Esmail Najjar, governor of Iran's Kerman province, the centre of the quake, told the semi-official Mehr news agency.
At least three villages were destroyed, leaving hundreds of people trapped under rubble, according to Mehr, a semi-official news agency.
Nine aftershocks
There were nine aftershocks following the earthquake, one that was given a 5 magnitude, according to IRNA, the official news agency.
(Excerpt) Read more at english.aljazeera.net ...
Too bad. Pass the beer.
Tell’em to call Hugo Chavez for help.
Qiuck, lets send print more money and send them some so they’ll like us!
I am trying to care.......... nope... can’t.
LLS
Prayers.
Sounds like a perfect opportunity to offer aid, dozens of helicopters loaded up with all sorts of infrared gear and other stuff...too bad if we got off course and something blowed up...
yea, no kidding.
Let me know when 7,000 are snuffed, then I might care...../S
I’m having a bad feeling in was an underground nuclear test. The way our country is right now, what are we going to do about it?
What happens if it hits one of their nuclear sites?
Hope the good ones are okay.
Imanutjob however...not so much.
Hopefully the deceased include the Islamist A-bomb crew.
Looks like ALA is punishing them because they haven't killed enough little girls
to give terrorists their virgins.
MichaelT,
I’m shocked at your cavalier attitude.
What kind of beer?
Iran already HAS one of our taglio currency printers.
Bam!
Allah Akbar...it is God’s will.
Since none of the Iranian ruling class seems to be among the casualties, I find it sad that some here would be so callous about the victims. Are the residents of Iran responsible for the crazy Allotohlas who oppress, imprison, and murder them? Tyrants infest the US ruling class as well. Should we attack victims of disaster here as well when they occur?
Thank you.
It must have been caused by Juice secret earthquake machine.
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