이란 강진 발생

 

12일 오후 이란과 이라크 국경지대에서 규모 7.3 강진으로 사망자 수가 135명을 넘었다는 안타까운 소식이 있습니다.

 

외신 보도에 따르면 이번 강진으로 이란에서 현재까지만 100여 명의 사망자가 나오고 아직 구조하지 못한 지역이 많아 부상자까지 합치면 희생자는 더 늘어날 것이라 합니다.

 

이라크 지역에서는 그다지 많은 희생자가 나오지 않았으나 지금까지 4명이 숨지고 10여명이 부상했다고 합니다.

 

미국 지질조사국(USGS)에 따르면 이날 오후 9시 18분께 발생한 이번 지진의 진앙은 이라크 술라이마니야 주 할라브자(Halabja)에서 남남서 쪽으로 30㎞ 지점, 깊이 33.9㎞로 측정됐는데 3시간 뒤 이란 케르만샤 주에서 규모 4.5의 여진이 이어졌으며, 터키, 요르단, 시리아, 아르메니아를 비롯해 이스라엘, 쿠웨이트, 카타르, 사우디아라비아, 아랍에미리트(UAE) 등 중동 대부분 지역에서 진동이 감지될 정도로 위력이 대단했습니다.

 

Iranians set up temporary camps outside of shaken buildings in Pole-Zahab, Kermanshah province

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake has rattled the northern border region between Iran and Iraq, killing at least 135 people and injuring hundreds more.

At least 129 people died in western Iran's Kermanshah province, officials told state media.

Six more were reported dead in Iraq. The death toll is likely to rise.

The earthquake sparked panic, with fears of aftershocks sending residents out into the streets.

Mosques in the Iraqi capital Baghdad have been broadcasting prayers through loudspeakers.

 

 

Most 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 was quoted as saying on Iranian state television channel IRINN.

The town's main hospital was severely damaged, leaving it struggling to treat hundreds of wounded, state TV reported.

 

A damaged storefront in Halabja, Iraq, near the epicentre of the quake

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.

Rescue teams were being hampered by landslides, Mr Koolivand said.

A map showing an earthquake in the Iran-Iraq border region

On the Iraqi side, the most extensive damage was in the town of Darbandikhan, 75km (47 miles) east of the city of Sulaimaniyah in the Kurdistan Region.

"The situation there is very critical," Kurdish Health Minister Rekawt Hama Rasheed told Reuters news agency.

The quake hit 19 miles (30km) southwest of Halabja, near the northeastern border with Iran, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

The occurred at a depth of 33.9 km (21 miles), and tremors were felt in Turkey, Israel and Kuwait. Iran sits across major fault lines and is prone to frequent earthquakes.

 

 

 

 

*사진 출처 : 구글

*내용 출처 : bbc