A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits the Iranian city of Malard in Tehran province. According to the Seismological Center of the Institute of Geophysics of Tehran University, the quake hit on Wednesday at 23:27 local time (1957 GMT) at a depth of seven kilometers on the border of Tehran and Alborz provinces. The epicenter of the…
Civil defense drills were held in schools across Iran on Monday to boost students’ readiness to deal with possible earthquakes in Tehran. Tehran Doomed If ‘Big One’ Hits, Quake Expert Says By Erik Kirschbaum :(Reuters) – An earthquake that may one day strike Tehran could kill hundreds of thousands and destroy most of the buildings…
Iran and Japan have launched a fresh round of combined effort aiming to supply water and electricity to the Iranian capital of Tehran in case of an earthquake. Speaking on the sidelines of a meeting with deputy head of Japan Cooperation Center for the Middle East (JCCME), Iranian Deputy Minister of Energy Sattar Mahmoudi pointed…
