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Thursday, December 21, 2017
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Thursday, December 21, 2017
Two die in Iran quake panic
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleAn elderly woman and a young girl died and nearly 100 people were injured as a 5.2 magnitude earthquake sparked panic in the Iranian capital and neighbouring areas, according to Iranian officials.
The epicenter of the quake, which struck shortly before 11:30 pm (2000 GMT) on Wednesday, was just 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of the capital,the seismological center of the University of Tehran says.
“A 70-year-old woman died after suffering a heart attack and a 10-year-old died of elevated stress,” the head of Iran’s hospital emergency services, Mojtaba Khaledi, tells the ISNA news agency.
The head of the Iranian Red Crescent’s Relief and Rescue Organization, Morteza Salimi, said 97 people were injured.
— AFP
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