What is the current situation at the scene of the Iran-Iraq border earthquake?

At 2: 00 am Beijing time yesterday and 9: 00 pm local time 12, as of today (14), it has been confirmed that at least 4 15 people died and more than 7,000 people were injured. Strong earthquakes were felt in the Middle East, including the United Arab Emirates, Israel and other countries, and a large crack appeared in a dam in Iraq as a result of this earthquake.

At 9: 00 pm local time on June 5438+02, a strong earthquake struck the border area between Sulaymaniyah province in northern Iraq and Iran. According to the official measurement by China Seismological Network, the magnitude of this earthquake is 7.8, the epicenter is located at 34.9 degrees north latitude and 45.75 degrees east longitude, and the focal depth is 20 kilometers. According to Agence France-Presse 13, the earthquake information network of USGS measured a magnitude of 7.3. As of 0: 00 Beijing time, the earthquake has caused at least 4 15 deaths and more than 7,000 injuries. The earthquake was felt in many parts of the Middle East, including Turkey, Israel and Kuwait. After the strong earthquake, there were more than 50 aftershocks.

Power failure in Iran's disaster area makes rescue difficult.

The densely populated Iranian side suffered serious casualties in the earthquake. Agence France-Presse said that at least 407 people were killed and 6,700 injured in the earthquake in Iran. The worst-hit area is Sarpol Zahab town in Kermanshah province, which is15km away from Iran's western border. In addition, 14 provinces were affected by the earthquake. According to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Iranian local aid agencies said that at least 7,000 people needed temporary shelter after the earthquake. Agence France-Presse said that the earthquake occurred in a mountainous area. After the earthquake, residents fled their homes and took refuge outdoors to prevent aftershocks. Agence France-Presse quoted Iranian local media as saying that the search and rescue work had started, and rescuers successfully rescued a trapped mother and son from the ruins on June 5438+03.

According to the Iranian National News Agency, 30 Red Cross and Red Crescent rescue teams have been sent to the disaster area, but the landslide caused by the earthquake made it difficult for external rescuers to get close to the disaster area. At present, some affected areas are in a state of power failure. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei asked the government and army to mobilize all forces to carry out disaster relief work. In addition, the local hospital in Zahab town of Salbole was seriously damaged, and the medical staff faced hundreds of injured people, so their rescue ability was challenged. Al Jazeera said that due to the power outage in the disaster area, the current loss situation is still difficult to estimate. Iranian state television shows that the authorities are distributing tents, blankets and food to the affected areas. /kloc-On the morning of 0/3, the picture shows that many buildings in Zahab town of Sarpol collapsed and vehicles were buried under the rubble. In the clearing, the survivors rested by the fire wrapped in blankets.

Cracks appear in the Iraqi dam.

At present, the earthquake has caused at least 8 deaths and more than 400 injuries in Iraq. The casualties were located in Sulaymaniyah province in the northern Kurdish autonomous region and Diyala province in the east. Videos uploaded by local residents to social media show that residents in Sulaymaniyah province fled from buildings during the earthquake, some buildings collapsed and some windows were broken. Local officials advised people to sleep outside at night and not to go home. A spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Health said that most of the injured have received treatment. A victim in the Kurdish region told the media that the Iraqi government must help the victims. "We are Kurds and Iraqis."

There are many earthquakes in the Middle East.

It is reported that after the earthquake, there was also a sense of earthquake in southeastern Turkey. Some local residents found that they fled the building after the earthquake. A spokesman for the Turkish government said that Turkey has provided Iraq with humanitarian assistance such as tents and blankets, and sent medical teams.

According to Agence France-Presse, Iran is located in the earthquake zone and there have been many strong earthquakes in history. 1990, an earthquake of magnitude 7.4 occurred near the Caspian Sea in northern Iran, which destroyed dozens of towns and nearly 2,000 villages in just a few seconds, killing 40,000 people and leaving 500,000 homeless. In 2003, another serious earthquake struck Bam, an ancient city in southeastern Iran, killing at least 3 1 000 people. Since then, Iran has experienced two large-scale earthquakes in 2005 and 20 12, killing hundreds of people. In May this year, a 5.7-magnitude earthquake struck the border area between Iran and Turkmenistan, killing two people and injuring hundreds.

The above is the latest news of the weather network. It is also a more detailed situation at present, and we will follow up the report further.