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Iran (Islamic Republic of):Earthquake:2002/06/22

Duration	2002/06/22	About 230 people have been killed and around 1,400 injured, after an earthquake and a series of aftershocks struck northwestern Iran.
Country or District	Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Name	Earthquake

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Personal Injury	Material Damage	Others
OCHA Situation Report No. 2 2002/06/23
Dead: (Quazvin region) 227 people (Hamadan region) 3 persons Injured: 1,000 people Homeless: 25,000 people

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Report/Articles Reuters news 2002/07/02 U.S. Government Quake Aid Arrives in Iran yahoo!singapore news 2002/07/04 Iran Quake Inflicted RLs 2,500 Billion in Damage yahoo! news 2002/06/30 Pakistan sends emergency aid to Iranian earthquake victims Reuters AlertNet 2002/06/25 Iranian Red Crescent leads earthquake response OCHA Situation Report No. 5　2002/06/27 The Government of Iran has issued a list of requirements. yahoo! news 2002/06/27 Japan to extend emergency earthquake aid to Iran yahoo!news 2002/06/27 U.S. to provide dlrs 300,000 in aid for earthquake victims Reuters news 2002/06/25 Iran Accepts U.S. Aid Offer to Help Quake Victims CNN news 2002/06/25 Iran hit by quake aftershocks OCHA Situation Report No.4 2002/06/25 5 to 6 villages have been totally destroyed. CNN news 2002/06/24 Help too late, say quake survivors OCHA Situation Report No.3 2002/06/24 The earthquake has caused 226 confirmed deaths in the Qazvin region and 3 deaths in the Hamadan region. Reuters news 2002/06/24 U.S. Offers Iran Aid for Earthquake Victims International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Iran Report of South-west of Quazvin Earthquake 2002/06/22 OCHA Situation Report No. 2 2002/06/23 OCHA has mobilised the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) Team OCHA Situation Report No.1 2002/06/22 The earthquake has caused 227 deaths in the Quazvin region, 3 deaths in the Hamadan region and has injured some 1,000 people. Reuters news 2002/06/23 Iran Quake Toll Revised Down to 222; U.S. Offers Help CNN news 2002/06/23 Iran mourns earthquake victims Reuters AlertNet 2002/06/23 Red Crescent officials said 5,000 houses had been destroyed and 25,000 people made homeless. BBC news 2002/06/23 The Iranian Red Crescent now says that 222 people died as a result of the tremor, down from initial estimates of more than 500. Iran Daily 2002/06/23 (Top Page, pdf format) 500 killed, 2000 wounded in Quazvin Quake Teheran Times 2002/06/23 Quake Hits Iran Again Earthquake Information Center, Tokyo University (Japanese Only) EIC SEISMOLOGICAL NOTE No.13 International Federation of Red Cross and Crescent Society Speedy Red Crescent response as earthquake leaves hundreds dead in Iran Reuters news 2002/06/22 At Least 500 Die in Iranian Mountain Quake Reuters AlertNet 2002/06/22 The hospital in Avaj was overwhelmed by the injured. BBC News 2002/06/22 400 dead in Iran quake Reuters News2002/06/22 Iran quake death toll reaches 441. The quake, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck CNN News 2002/06/22 In the town of Boinzahra in Qazvin province, hundreds die in Iran earthquake

Geographycal Data Information Reuters AlertNet 2002/06/23 Iran earthquake map National Earthquake Information Center, USGS Earthquake Location

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Pictures Reuters AlertNet 2002/06/23 Earthquake in northern Iran Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center (EDM), National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED) Estimated Damage Areas BBC news 2002/06/23 In pictures: Iran quake rescue efforts Yahoo asia News 2002/06/22 Iran quake toll likely to top 500 as rescuers scour ruins