Posted on 08/11/2012 2:37:41 PM PDT by GiovannaNicoletta
Updated at 4:33 p.m. ET: Two powerful earthquakes struck northwest Iran Saturday, killing at least 180 people and injuring more than a thousand more, state media reported.
The U.S. Geological survey measured the first quake, which struck 37 miles northeast of the city Tabriz, at 3:25 p.m. local time (6:55 a.m. ET) with a 6.4 magnitude. The second quake, which occurred 11 minutes later, struck an area about 30 miles northeast of Tabriz with a 6.3 magnitude.
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Allah says: Earth to earth; dust to dust.
LOL! Post du jour.
Nuclear epicenter?
I am worried about our West coast.
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