A
magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck Iran on Tuesday, according to the United States
Geographical Survey.
Reuters cited
witnesses as saying that tall buildings shook as far as way as New Delhi, with
the tremors sending people running into the streets. Intense shaking was also
felt in southern Pakistan.
The quake struck
at 3:44 p.m. local time in southeastern Iran, about 50 miles east of the city
of Khash and near the Pakistani border, the USGS reported.
The epicenter
was in a thinly populated area, according to maps from the
European-Mediterranean Seismological Agency. The nearest city of any size,
Khash, has a population of 70,000, the agency said.
Tuesday's quake
was the second significant one in Iran in a week. An April 9 Earth quake near the country's only nuclear power
plant killed 37 people and injured at least 850 more, leaving entire villages
devastated.
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