ANKARA: At least eight villages were damaged in Iran after an earthquake with magnitude of 7.3 struck Iraq on Sunday, Iran’s state TV reported.
“The quake was felt in several Iranian provinces bordering Iraq ... Eight villages were damaged ... Electricity has been cut in some villages and rescue teams have been dispatched to those areas,” TV reported.
Water and electricity lines were severed in some villages and cities in the Western Kermanshah province and communities stayed out on the streets because of the threat from aftershocks, a local Red Crescent official told TV. “So far no casualties have been reported,” the official said. Many houses in rural parts of the province are made of mud bricks, which have been known to crumble easily in quake-prone Iran.
(Writing by Parisa Hafezi; Editing by Richard Balmforth)
