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Quake destroys four Iran villages
http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/11/27/iran.quake/

TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- At least five people were killed and four
villages destroyed when a strong earthquake struck the southern tip
of Iran on Sunday, officials said.

"Five people have been killed and dozens injured. Four villages have
been hit," the governor of Qeshm Island off Iran's Persian Gulf coast
told state television, Reuters reported.

A landslide that followed the quake caused additional damage, Gov.
Heidar Alishvandi said.

An aftershock struck the area about 20 minutes later, scaring
panicked residents even further, he said.

Alishvandi said rescue efforts were already under way to free people
from the rubble.

The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake's magnitude at 6.1, while
Iran's Islamic Republic News Agency said it measured 5.9 magnitude.

A 6.1-magnitude quake is considered "strong" by the USGS.

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre measured the
aftershock at magnitude 5.3.

The quake was centered 35 miles southwest of the Persian Gulf port of
Bandar Abbas, the USGS said. IRNA said the epicenter was about 22
miles from Qeshm Island.

Residents in both places rushed out of their homes into the street in
panic, IRNA reported. The quake lasted 10 to 15 seconds when it
struck at 1:52 p.m. (5:22 a.m. ET).

Qeshm Island has a population of about 120,000 people, primarily in
villages with mostly mud-and-brick buildings.

The earthquake was felt as far away as Dubai, United Arab Emirates,
145 miles to the south, where it also caused panic at schools and
businesses.

The quake's epicenter was 21.7 miles below the surface of the Earth,
the USGS said. Earthquakes with an epicenter closer to the surface
generally are more violent and cause more damage.

Bandar Abbas is about 150 miles southwest of Bam, where a 6.6-
magnitude earthquake on December 26, 2003, killed at least 26,000
people, injured another 30,000 and destroyed 85 percent of buildings.

Third village destroyed by quake in south Iran - TV
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Three villages on Iran's island of Qeshm in the
Gulf have been badly damaged in a strong earthquake, officials and
state television said on Sunday.

In addition to the damage done to the villages of Tonban, Gavarzin
and Khaledi, state television said marketplaces in the island's
capital Qeshm City had been shaken to the ground. Qeshm is part of
Hormuzgan province.

There were no immediate details on casualties.