Earthquakes in India and Iran

Iran Earthquake Death Toll Surpasses 400

Tue Feb 22,10:52 PM ET Middle East - AP


By NASSER KARIMI, Associated Press Writer

SARBAGH, Iran - Under a cold, driving rain, survivors wailed over the bodies of the dead and dug through the ruins of mud-brick houses searching for their loved ones after a powerful earthquake flattened villages in central Iran on Tuesday, killing at least 420 people.

The toll was expected to rise, because rescue teams did not have a final count from the three most isolated villages in the mountainous region. About 30,000 people were affected, many left homeless when some villages were reduced to piles of dirt and stone by the magnitude-6.4 earthquake. The number of injured was estimated at 900.

"Where have you gone? I had a lot of plans for you," Hossein Golestani sang softly as he held the lifeless form of his 7-year-old daughter, Fatima. The body of his 8-year-old daughter, Mariam, lay beside him in the devastated village of Hotkan. ..cont'd

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Earthquake Shakes India's Andaman Islands
By Associated Press

February 22, 2005, 8:09 PM EST


HONG KONG -- A moderate earthquake jolted India's remote Andaman islands, an area repeatedly hit by aftershocks following December's massive quake and tsunami, Hong Kong seismologists said Wednesday...cont'd

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