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LIMA, Peru (AFP) — A 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook southern Peru on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring 65, the South American country’s civil defense agency said. Homes made of adobe collapsed in coastal areas most directly affected by the quake, local authorities said. The earthquake struck in the Pacific, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from the seaside town of Acari in the region of Arequipa, according to the US Geological Survey. “There are […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the eastern coast of New Caledonia Monday in the tectonically active Pacific region, the US Geological Survey said. The tremor hit at a depth 25 kilometers (16 miles) some 85 kilometers to the east of the lightly populated Loyalty Islands, initial data from the survey said. © Agence France-Presse
by Siavosh Ghazi with Shwan Mohammed in Darbandikhan, Iraq Agence France-Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Iranian rescue workers dug through rubble in a hunt for survivors on Monday after a major earthquake struck the Iran-Iraq border, killing more than 300 and injuring thousands. The 7.3-magnitude quake hit a border area 30 kilometers (20 miles) southwest of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan at around 9:20 pm (1820 GMT) on Sunday, when many people would have been at […]
by Siavosh Ghazi with Shwan Mohammed in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq Agence France Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — More than 200 people were killed and hundreds more injured when a 7.3-magnitude earthquake shook the mountainous Iran-Iraq border triggering landslides that hindered rescue efforts, officials said Monday. The quake hit 30 kilometres (19 miles) southwest of Halabja in Iraqi Kurdistan at around 9.20 pm (1820 GMT) on Sunday, when many people would have been at home, the US Geological […]
