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Iran and Iraq Earthquake in 2017 (information (Unfortunately, earthquakes…
Iran and Iraq Earthquake in 2017
effects
many buildings in the town appear to have collapsed
people when then forced to spend hours outdoors in parks or streets in cold weather
a lot of homeless people
running water and electricity cut into some cities
many homes in the Kurdish mountainous area are made of mud bricks and are vulnerable in quakes as large as Sunday's
town's main hospital was severely damaged, leaving it struggling to treat hundreds of wounded people
400 people died from the earthquake and 7000 people got injured.
triggered multiple major landslides as a result of the shaking, making rescue efforts more difficult in the mountainous region
information
Magnitude 7.3
The compressional forces and friction induced from the two plates rubbing against one another have caused several major earthquakes in the region
was felt as far away as Turkey, Israel, and Kuwait
Unfortunately, earthquakes will continue to occur in this region as the Arabian plate continues to push up against the Eurasian plate.
needs better preparation next time
to avoid tragic again
The earthquake struck the border region at 9:18 pm local time 30 km southwest of Halabja and nearby the border between Iran and Iraq.
The earthquake on the border of Iran-Iraq struck in a populated region where more than 1.8 million people live.
The earthquake focus was fairly shallow at 11.8 miles below the surface of the Earth.