アメリカのUSGS=地質調査所によりますと、日本時間の13日午前3時18分ごろ、イラク北東部を震源とするマグニチュード7.2の地震を観測しました。震源は首都バグダッドから北東におよそ230キロ離れたイランとの国境付近で、震源の深さは33.9キロ、地震の規模を示すマグニチュードは7.2と推定されています。
(CNN)A magnitude 7.2 earthquake has hit near the Iraqi city of Halabja close to the Iraq-Iran border, according the US Geological Survey.
The temblor, centered about 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad, was felt throughout Iraq, USGS said. The extent of any damage was not immediately available.
A strong 7.3-magnitude earthquake has rattled the northern border region between Iran and Iraq, killing more than a hundred people.
At least 129 people have died in western Iran's Kermanshah province, officials told state media.
Four more have been reported dead in Iraq. The death toll is likely to rise.
The earthquake sparked panic, with residents fleeing their homes for the streets.
Mosques in the Iraqi capital Baghdad have been saying prayers through loudspeakers.
Many of the victims were in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab, about 15km (10 miles) from the border, Iran's emergency services chief, Pir Hossein Koolivand, said, according to Iranian state television channel IRINN.
Damage was reported in at least eight villages, the head of Iran's Red Crescent Organisation, Morteza Salim, told the channel.
"Some other villages have suffered power cuts and their telecommunications system has also been disturbed," he said.
(CNN)More than 200 people are dead and more than 2,500 injured after a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the border region between Iran and Iraq late Sunday.
Iran's Press TV said the highest number of casualties in the country occurred in the town of Sarpol-e Zahab, Kermanshah province, with the country's semi-official Mehr news agency saying 100 of the 207 reported dead were from that town alone.
In the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, seven deaths were reported.
While most of the deaths reported so far have been in Iran, the quake's epicenter was across the border in Iraq, about 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad.
Tremors were felt throughout the region according the
US Geological Survey, which said the quake reached a depth of 23km, or just over 14 miles.
Cracks in dam
Seven people were killed and 301 injured in the Kurdish region of Iraq, according to Rekawt Hama Rashee, the health minister of the Kurdish Regional Government. Rasheed said most of the injuries were minor.
Four were killed in Darbandikhan, where a dam was hit by falling rocks. Rahman Shikhani, the head of the Darbandikhan Dam told CNN that cracks were spotted in the upper part of the dam but there was no water leakage.