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| Sunday, 30 May 2004 |
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Tehran quake kills 25, wounds hundreds Some 25 people were killed and 400 injured in Iran when a major quake jolted a wide mountainous area north of Tehran, as thousands of residents of the capital spent a night under the stars in fear of an impending catastrophe. State media said the final death toll was expected to hover around the 25 mark, with hundreds more left injured or homeless in a string of villages in the Alborz mountain range in the provinces of Qazvin and Mazandaran. Many of the dead were drivers caught in enormous rockslides while making the journey along the perilous mountain road linking Tehran with the Caspian Sea city of Chalus. On Saturday the key highway remained closed off to traffic. The second severe quake to hit Iran in less than six months struck at about 5:00 pm (1330 GMT) on Friday. Reports on its magnitude varied, but most said it measured at least 6.1 on the Richter scale. Its epicenter was located in the Mazandaran province town of Baladeh, 70 kilometres (43 miles) north of Tehran, and Tehran University's Geophysics institute measured a further 65 aftershocks ranging from 1.6 to 5.5 on the Richter Scale. Further strong jolts were felt in Tehran Saturday. (AFP) |
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