Thursday, May 1, 2008

IRAN - EARTH QUAKE HITS TEHRAN AND 100 INJURED

On Thursday, an Earth Quake hits the capital of Iran. Earth Quake hits Tehran,the South West part of Iranian Capital.The Earth Quake is measured as 4.7 in the Richter scale.From the state television report,100 got injured by the Earth Quake.
Those who injured by the Quake said that the it struck at 4.45am(0015 GMT), were treated on the spot the state television reported.The tremor hit an area around the city of Boroujerd, about 320 km (200 miles) southwest of Tehran, it said.
State media did not give details of any damage.
Iran is criss-crossed with faultlines and is regularly hit by earthquakes.


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