November 12
2017
2017 Kermanshah earthquake
On November 12, 2017, a shallow magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck near the town of Ezgeleh in Kermanshah Province on the Iran–Iraq border, flattening villages, killing hundreds across Iran and Iraq, and exposing deep vulnerabilities in construction and emergency readiness in the mountainous borderlands. Read more
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