国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Powerful earthquake kills 445 Iranians, more casualties feared_时事

国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Powerful earthquake kills 445 Iranians, more casualties feared

TEHRAN, Nov. 13 -- The quake death toll of Iranians rose to 445 one day after a powerful earthquake hit the Iran-Iraq border area as more are still buried in ruins, local media reported on Monday.

At least 445 people have been killed and 7,156 others injured in the quake measuring 7.3 magnitude, the reports said.

The quake's epicenter was located approximately 32 km south of the city of Halabja in a remote mountainous region of eastern Iraq, some 200 km north-east of Baghdad and 400 km west of Tehran, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

国际英语资讯:Spotlight: Powerful earthquake kills 445 Iranians, more casualties feared1

The quake hit the area at 9:18 p.m. local time (0018 GMT), when many people would have been at home, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

At least 14 provinces in Iran had been affected by the earthquake, including the capital Tehran. The worst-hit areas in Iran were Qasr-e Shirin and Sarpol-e Zahab counties in Kermanshah province, some 20 km from the border.

Some 30 Red Cross teams from across the country have been sent to the quake zones, parts of which had experienced severe damage.

Over 20 Iranian villages in Iran's Kermanshah province have been damaged and power supply and water flows are disrupted. The roads networks in the area have sustained damage.