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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.
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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 |