A 7.3 magnitude earthquake has struck the northern border region between Iraq and Iran on Sunday evening Women's Antonio Garcia Jersey , leaving dozens killed.
Updated at 8:40 a.m. BJT
Death toll of the powerful border earthquake has risen to 100, with over 1,000 other people injured in Iran, reported RT citing Iranian emergency official.
Six other fatalities were reported on the Iraq side of the border, according to AFP.
Updated at 7:33 a.m. BJT
At least 61 people were killed and more than 300 injured in Iran, according to Iran's news agency ISNA.
Another four fatalities are also reported from Iraq, according to BBC.
But the death toll in both nations is likely to rise as rescue operations are underway.
A damaged storefront is seen after an earthquake in Halabja, Iraq, November 12, 2017. Reuters Photo via TWITTER - Osama GolpyRudaw
The quake was monitored outside the Iraqi city of Halabjah with an epicenter depth of 32.2 km, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
The USGS issued an orange alert in the area for "shaking-related fatalities and economic losses.”
China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) put the earthquake at magnitude 7.8 and at a depth of 20 km.
In 2003, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake flattened Iran's historic city of Bam, killing 26 Women's Duke Dawson Jersey ,000 people. (Agencies)
TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (Xinhua) -- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday travelled to Iran's western Kermanshah province to inspect the damage and rescue operations in the regions hit by a deadly earthquake on Sunday night, state TV reported.
Rouhani extended condolences to the families of victims of the huge earthquake that claimed the lives of hundreds and injured thousands.
He said that the government will take all efforts to solve the problems in the region in the shortest possible time and will help the affected people rebuild their dwellings.
The Iranian Army, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), the voluntary Basij forces, the Red Crescent and the Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation as well as the ministries of energy, interior affairs Women's Sony Michel Jersey , health, and roads and urban development are all providing assistance to the people in need, Rouhani said.
The Sunday night quake's epicenter, measuring 7.3 magnitude on the Richter scale, was located approximately 32 km south of the city of Halabja in a remote mountainous region of eastern Iraq, some 200 km north-east of Baghdad and 400 km west of Tehran, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
The quake hit the area at 9:18 p.m. local time (0018 GMT) Women's Isaiah Wynn Jersey , when many people would have been at home, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
So far, over 230 after-shakes varied from 4.5 to 6.1 magnitude have hit the region.
The preliminary estimated loss caused by the recent strong quake in Iran stood around 450 million U.S. dollars, Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday.
A report on the quake's damage inflicted on the residential, commercial, industrial, and administrative structures was handed over to President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday Jordan Matthews Jersey , the Construction Deputy of Kermanshah province governor office, Mojtaba Nik-Kerdar, was quoted as saying.
Some 11,000 residential buildings in the rural areas plus 5,000 residential buildings in urban areas have been ruined, Nik-Kerdar said.
Immense restoration of damaged structures should start immediately, Nik-Kerdar added.
During Rouhani's visit to the quake-stricken areas in Kermanshah province on Tuesday Jeremy Hill Jersey , the president pledged to allocate sizeable fund for the reconstruction of the buildings.
In the meantime, Financial Tribune daily reported on Tuesday production activities at Iran's Azar oilfield and petrochemical plants in the western provinces have not been affected by the deadly earthquake on Sunday night.
"The earthquake has done no harm to the oilfield's installations and there is no reason for worry," Keyvan Yarahmadi, an official with the Petroleum Engineering and Development Company, was quoted as saying.
Yarahmadi noted that crude oil extraction at Azar oil field, in the Ilam province, is underway as usual.
Besides Cyrus Jones Jersey , Mohammad Ali Bosaqzadeh, deputy for production control at the National Petrochemical Company, said that the strong earthquake has damaged neither the petrochemical plants in western provinces nor the West Ethylene Pipeline that runs from Asalouyeh by the Persian Gulf to West Azarbaijan province in northwest Iran.
"Petrochemical complexes in Ilam, Kermanshah, Mahabad and Kurdestan are up and running," Bosaqzadeh said.
"Structurally, the plants comply with modern engineering standards and there is nothing to worry about in such critical situations Danny Etling Jersey ," he added.
According to the latest figures, about 445 people have lost their lives and over 7,800 others sustained injuries in the tremor.
Along with the officials, Iranian people have also mobilized in response to the natural disaster to donate blood and prepare aid packages.
The rescue and relief operations to help people affected by a massive earthquake is nearing completion, Tasnim quoted head of the country's Emergency Medical Service as saying.
Messages of the condolences and help offers continue to pour in from around the world.
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