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Iran
Mild quakes shake southern Iran
2004-02-03
IRNA
Two quakes with magnitudes, ranging from 3.5 to four richter degrees, jolted southern parts of Iran Sunday night and early Monday morning. A four-richter quake hit Bandarabbas (Hormuzgan Province) suburbs at 05:32 hours local time on Monday, while a 3.5-richter one already shaking Firouzabad in southern Fars Province at 20:25 hours local time, according to Tehran University`s Geophysics Institute. No report is yet available on likely toll or damage caused by the two earthquakes. Earthquakes are almost a rule in Iran, a country sitting on major faultlines in the earth`s structure. Some 35,000 people were killed in 1990 when earthquakes of up to 7.7 on the Richter scale hit the northwest of Iran.
The death tolls seem to be consistently higher than they are in other places that lie on fault lines, too. I think it's because of God's opinion of theocrats...
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#10  Step2 tells me I need to look at the long term semsmic charts of the region. He insists it looks like a 13 year playing "Wipeout" from memory with one stick.
Posted by: Shipman   2004-2-3 3:22:02 PM  

#9  Makes you wonder where Bushehr, et. al., sit in relation to these fault lines, eh?
Posted by: Raj   2004-2-3 12:41:35 PM  

#8  Just a couple of taps with the ole sledgehammer before starting with the overhead swing....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-2-3 11:47:00 AM  

#7  And GAWD said:
"Dom't MAKE me come down there!"
Posted by: mojo   2004-2-3 11:06:10 AM  

#6  Jahan Ramezani has a good article on the geological factors behind the Iran earth quakes. Unfortunately, he seems oblivious to the theological aspects discussed here.:)
Posted by: Gasse Katze   2004-2-3 6:36:00 AM  

#5  These are just the little tenderizers that set up things for the big ones. Any nervous mullahs out there?
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2004-2-3 1:17:48 AM  

#4  Wonder what the casualties will be with this one? Probably zero according to Iran, who will seek to cover their asses this time.
Posted by: Charles   2004-2-3 1:09:51 AM  

#3  It's like allah in Chinatown II.
Posted by: Lucky   2004-2-3 12:49:22 AM  

#2  Allah is warning Iranians not to oppose his sacred instrument, the Guardian Council.
Posted by: Mike Sylwester   2004-2-3 12:46:33 AM  

#1  Hopefully allah's just warming up the ol' arm for TERRORCON '04. If they're gonna keep ignoring the magic writing on the wall and such.
Posted by: 4thInfVet   2004-2-3 12:36:03 AM  

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