A sturdy earthquake hit big parts of northern Iraq and the capital Baghdad on Sunday, and additionally precipitated damage in villages across the border in Iran wherein country TV stated at least six people had been killed.
There had been no instant reports of casualties in Iraq after the quake, whose epicenter became in Penjwin, in Sulaimaniyah province that is inside the semi-self reliant Kurdistan area very near the Iranian border, in keeping with an Iraqi meteorology reliable.
But 8 villages had been broken in Iran and at the least six humans had been killed and many others injured in the border city of Qasr-e Shirin in Iran, Iranian country TV stated.
The US Geological Survey said the quake measured a magnitude of seven.3, at the same time as an Iraqi meteorology professional put its value at 6.5 in keeping with preliminary facts.
Many residents inside the Iraqi capital Baghdad rushed out of homes and tall buildings in panic.
“I changed into sitting with my kids having dinner and abruptly the building turned into just dancing inside the air,” stated Majida Ameer, who ran out of her constructing inside the capital’s Salihiya district along with her 3 kids. “I idea in the beginning that it turned into a big bomb. But then I heard every body around me screaming ‘Earthquake!'”
There were comparable scenes in Erbil, the capital of the semi-self reliant Kurdistan Region, and throughout other cities in northern Iraq, close to the quake’s epicenter.
Iraq’s meteorology center cautioned people to stay away from homes and not to apply elevators, in case of aftershocks.
The quake became even felt inside the Iranian capital Tehran, with some villages hit via strength cuts, Iranian state TV said.
“The quake become felt in several Iranian provinces bordering Iraq ... Eight villages were broken ... Electricity has been reduce in a few villages and rescue groups have been dispatched to those regions,” TV said.
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Residents of Turkey’s southeastern town of Diyarbakir also said feeling a strong tremor, however there were no instant reviews of damage or casualties inside the town.
Israeli media stated the quake become felt in many parts of Israel too.
Source:Iraq (Reuters)
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