BREAKING: 7.3 mag earthquake on Iran-Iraq border

[oday1kenobi]

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[sanger]

328 dead already. I bet it whacked some big towns/cities.

 

[oday1kenobi]

328 dead already. I bet it whacked some big towns/cities.

Definitely.

Eastern Iraq is more densely populated since most people live around/between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers:

Iran is a bit more spread out compared to Iraq (excl central regions/Baluchestan), but still has a sizable population in the west:

 

[oday1kenobi]

A 7.3-magnitude earthquake has shaken the northern border region between Iran and Iraq, killing at least 335 people and injuring thousands more.

One Iranian aid agency said 70,000 people needed shelter after the quake, one of the largest this year.

The majority of those who died were in Iran's western Kermanshah province. Nearly 4,000 were said to be injured.

Seven people died in Iraq, where people fled into the streets in the capital, Baghdad.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41963373

Most of the reported dead were in Iran.