earthquake

2019-05-11 23:04

Fairly strong quakes shake western, southeastern Iran

TEHRAN — Fairly powerful quakes hit Ezgeleh, western province of Kermanshah, and Zahedan, southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, on Saturday.

2019-04-17 23:00

Land subsidence an overlooked threat to the country: expert

TEHRAN – Although land subsidence is too subtle to be detected, it must be tackled before incurring great loss, which has been proved to be more destructive than flood and earthquake, deputy director for Iran National Cartographic Center has said.

2019-04-01 16:36

Quake hits western Iran

TEHRAN—Two fairly powerful earthquakes shook western Iran near its border with Iraq on Monday afternoon, Ana news agency reported.

2019-03-16 21:49

Flood responsible for 61% of natural disasters

TEHRAN – Flood is the leading natural disaster being responsible for 61 percent of the total natural disasters happened in the country, according to studies conducted over the past four decades in Iran.

2019-03-12 22:01

$2.8b government aid paid to quake-stricken Kermanshah

TEHRAN – The government has so far spent 120 trillion rials (about $2.8 billion) to make up for the damages caused by earthquake in the western province of Kermanshah, Esmaeil Najjar, head of the National Disaster Management Organization has said.

2019-02-28 12:06

National document on disaster management training prepared

TEHRAN — A national document on disaster management training has been prepared for 27 provinces, deputy director of National Disaster Management Organization has said.

2019-02-11 21:22

Magnitude 5.2 quake strikes Iran’s Qeshm Island

TEHRAN – A magnitude 5.2 earthquake has left five people, including three women, injured in Iran’s south.

2019-02-05 20:34

Health Ministry teaches disaster preparedness to 2.5m families

TEHRAN — The Iranian Health Ministry has taught disaster preparedness to 2.5 million families in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (starting on March 21, 2018), Mohammad Esmaeil Motlaq, an advisor the ministry has said.

2019-01-11 21:25

23,000 housing units completed in quake-stricken Kermanshah

TEHRAN—Some 23,000 housing units were completed in quake-stricken regions of the western province of Kermanshah, deputy director at the Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation has said.

Bill on earthquake preparedness and response in Tehran drafted

2019-01-06 22:09

Magnitude 5.9 earthquake rocks western city of Gilan-e Gharb

TEHRAN—An earthquake measuring 5.9 on Richter scale shook the western city of Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah province, on Sunday.

2018-12-28 23:56

Hospital damaged by Kermanshah quake reopens

TEHRAN — A hospital which was damaged over last year’s devastating earthquake of Kermanshah, western Iran, was reopened on Thursday, ISNA news agency reported.

2018-12-28 23:56

Headquarters set up for renovating run-down areas in Tehran

TEHRAN — Headquarters for sustainable renovation of run-down areas in the capital city of Tehran has been established, Tehran Mayor Pirouz Hanachi said on Thursday.

2018-12-16 21:08

Earthquake risk high in 78% of cities in Iran, says IRCS

TEHRAN — There are 120 active faults in Iran and about 78 percent of cities nationwide are located in earthquake prone regions, director of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) Rescue and Relief Organization, Morteza Salimi, said on Saturday.

2018-11-28 16:58

Earthquake maneuver performed at schools nationwide

TEHRAN – The 20th earthquake maneuver, aiming at preparing for the unexpected natural disasters and practicing personal protective actions, is performed at over a 100,000 schools across the country on Wednesday, YJC reported.

2018-11-25 23:09

Magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits western Iran, leaves over 700 injured

Tehran -- A powerful quake measuring 6.4 on Richter scale shook the western province of Kermanshah late on Sunday night, leaving some 729 injured.

2018-11-12 12:03

2,000 newly built houses inaugurated in quake-hit Kermanshah

2,000 houses built by Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation were inaugurated on Sunday in earthquake-stricken areas of the western province of Kermanshah with the Foundation’s head, Parviz Fattah, in attendance.

2018-10-05 16:44

Charity foundation creates jobs for quake-hit Kermanshahis

TEHRAN —Barekat Charity Foundation affiliated to Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam also known as Setad Ejraiye Farmane Hazrate Emam has generated job opportunities for earthquake-stricken people of Kermanshah province.

2018-10-01 21:00

Indonesia earthquake: death toll surges, search for survivors continues

TEHRAN - Less than two months after a massive earthquake struck Indonesia’s Lombok island, another devastating quake hit the Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province on Friday.

2018-09-29 12:43

At least 384 killed in Indonesian quake, tsunami

At least 384 people were killed, many swept away by giant waves as they played on the beach, when a major earthquake and tsunami hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, authorities said on Saturday.

2018-08-26 10:20

Death toll in Indonesia quakes reaches 555

TEHRAN - The death toll in a string of earthquakes that have rocked Indonesia's Lombok island over the past two months has reached 555 with nearly 1,500 injured, the disaster agency said Friday, adding that hundreds of thousands have been rendered homeless.