Number of People Injured by Powerful Earthquake in Western Iran Rises to 114 - Reports
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 26th November, 2018) The number of people, who were injured on Sunday by the powerful earthquake that hit the western Iranian province of Kermanshah, has risen to 114, the Press tv broadcaster reported.
Earlier in the day, the broadcaster reported about 70 people inured by the disaster.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said that the Iraqi-Iranian border region had been hit by the 6.3-magnitude earthquake. The tremors were registered at 16:37 GMT, 163 kilometers (over 100 miles) northeast of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and 20 kilometers southwest of the Iranian city of Sarpol Zahab. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at the depth of 10 kilometers.
According to the EMSC, the tremors were felt in Iraq, Iran and Kuwait.