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    Iran TV: Earthquake jolts Iranian city

    Associated Press – Thu, Jan 19, 2012

    TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state TV reports a moderate earthquake has jolted the city of Neyshabour in the northeast part of Iran.

    The TV report said residents fled their homes into the streets. The quake shattered windows and affected communications for a short time.

    No casualties were immediately reported. Rescue teams rushed to the area.

    The city of 220,000 is about 550 miles (900 kilometers) northeast of the capital Tehran at 16:05 local time (13:35 GMT). The semiofficial Fars news agency said the quake measured 5.5 on the Richter scale.

    Iran is located on seismic fault lines and is prone to earthquakes, experiencing at least one slight quake a day on average.

    In 2003, some 26,000 people were killed by a magnitude 6.6 quake that flattened the historic southeastern city of Bam.

     

    30 comments

    • Jeffrey
      Jeffrey  •  New York, New York  •  1 mth 8 days ago
      Uh!! Earthquake in iran can only mean one thing (as far as the ayatollah's are concerned), somewhere in tehran a nipple was exposed!!
    • jhopper48
      jhopper48  •  1 mth 7 days ago
      Did Iran test a nuke underground? Out of site of satellites? hummm!!!
    • Thomas
      Thomas  •  London, United Kingdom  •  1 mth 8 days ago
      Iranian govt announce that the evil zionists have developed an earthquake bomb.
    • Mr.Yosh
      Mr.Yosh  •  1 mth 7 days ago
      testing their nukes already
    • A Yahoo! User  •  1 mth 7 days ago
      to bad the earth didn't open up and swallow this evil little, country of terrorist. we'd all be better off with out them.
    • No Guns-No Glory
      No Guns-No Glory  •  1 mth 7 days ago
      Mossad has a new secret weapon..........
    • razors edge
      razors edge  •  Houston, Texas  •  1 mth 8 days ago
      they will blame that on America to
    • dcb4357
      dcb4357  •  Vincennes, Indiana  •  1 mth 7 days ago
      wonder if they will blame the jews for this too? can't wait until the plague and the swarms of locust hit. hints keep falling on their heads. hope they start listening.
    • Janey
      Janey  •  Henderson, Kentucky  •  1 mth 8 days ago
      I have it on good athority that Bush was responsible. He is responsible for everything else....Janey
    • .
      .  •  Irvine, California  •  1 mth 7 days ago
      Iran ....god is warning you ...stop this nuclear stuff
    • Charles
      Charles  •  Wentzville, Missouri  •  1 mth 7 days ago
      The gods are speaking to Iran...
    • shofar
      shofar  •  Toledo, Ohio  •  1 mth 7 days ago
      this just in, Iranblames Israel and the u.s.
    • Brenda
      Brenda  •  1 mth 8 days ago
      @chris
      HAY HERE IS SOME BLASPHEMY JUST FOR YOU
      Your Mohammed was a murdering terrorist and a low life pedophile
      Your QURAN is a terrorist instruction manual
      The QURAN should be placed in every, bathroom
      Latrine, and outhouse, so the paper can be used
      ACCORDINGLY,,,,LOVE AND KISSES FROM THE USA
    • Ghost
      Ghost  •  1 mth 7 days ago
      Gods had it with those inbreds !!
    • myob
      myob  •  1 mth 7 days ago
      allah punishing them for their anti-humanitarian activities. Usually Israel is one of the first to offer aid to the stricken. Bet not this time.
    • Cyclonus
      Cyclonus  •  Millersville, Pennsylvania  •  1 mth 7 days ago
      Now how can we exploit this fault line. Perhaps some surgically precise placed bombs would trigger a level 10 earthquake.
    • Dec 23 2012
      Dec 23 2012  •  Lansing, Michigan  •  1 mth 7 days ago
      Well now you done it. Not only is the world mad at you, now mother nature is upset at you. You better behave because mother nature can't be killed with a bomb and she can really kick some butt.
    • GOD
      GOD  •  1 mth 7 days ago
      I thought I'd give them a scare to think twice about stoning another person....
    • Paul
      Paul  •  1 mth 7 days ago
      HAARP?
    • Bleedin' Blue
      Bleedin' Blue  •  New York, New York  •  1 mth 7 days ago
      When a semiofficial reporter asked one of the locals what he did after feeling the earthquake, the local replied, " Iran". A 5.5 in this region is NOT news unless its under their nuke site.
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