Sismos Internacionais 2017

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Yalda_So
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BREAKING NEWS : an #earthquake just hit some Kurdish cities in #Iraq including #Kirkuk #Erbil #Duhok #Slimani & #Halabja
Apparently, it has been felt also in #Kurdistan region of #Iran : #Piranshahr, #Mahabad & even #Sanandaj
#TwitterKurds

 

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Update 20:07 UTC: One of the first pictures showing the damage - unclear where the picture was taken

 

[luismeteo3]

Present updated toll (which will almost surely increase the following hours) - 9 FATALITIES and 81 INJURED PEOPLE
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Update 20:21 UTC:

View image on Twitter

https://twitter.com/CPPGeophysics/status/929797513544056832
Jascha Polet @CPPGeophysics

Shallow thrust faulting M7.3 quake near Zagros mountains today occurred in area with significant historical seismicity, but few events of this size





Update 20:20 UTC:

1h Stephen Hicks

✔@seismo_steve
Earthquake focal mechanism ("beach ball") for M7.2 Iran-Iraq border earthquake confirms reverse faulting in the Zagros fold and thrust belt, with the rupture's fault plane lying parallel to the Arabia-Eurasia plate boundary pic.twitter.com/S10C9rDdeJ

https://twitter.com/EQuake_Analysis/status/929804130104872968


Possible related structure ((Zimnako-Khushk-Bamo anticline). pic.twitter.com/hFgirGyig9

8:12 PM - Nov 12, 2017

 

[Orion]

Se não há malta a averiguar os danos na barragem de Mosul, devia haver. Em estruturas enfraquecidas a distância não protege assim tanto.

 

[luismeteo3]

Present updated toll (which will almost surely increase the following hours) - 17 FATALITIES and 251 INJURED PEOPLE
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Update 21:03 UTC: Dr. James Daniell, damage/loss expert at CEDIM Karlsruhe, Germany, has calculated that the expected median damage will be 200 million $. His calculations are resulting in a median of 100 fatalities

 

[luismeteo3]

Update 21:21 UTC: another picture of the severe damage

Update 21:17 UTC: these people (in Iran) have wisely decided to spend the night in a tent because of the fear for aftershocks

 

[luismeteo3]

Present updated toll (which will almost surely increase the following hours) - 45 FATALITIES and 816 INJURED PEOPLE

 

[luismeteo3]

Present updated toll (which will almost surely increase the following hours) - 85 FATALITIES and 1216 INJURED PEOPLE

 

[luismeteo3]

Se não há malta a averiguar os danos na barragem de Mosul, devia haver. Em estruturas enfraquecidas a distância não protege assim tanto.

Present updated toll (which will almost surely increase the following hours) - 115 FATALITIES and 1216 INJURED PEOPLE

Update 23:03 UTC: Iranian media are now reporting 100 fatalities at 2 AM in the morning local time (61 people in Sar-e-Pol-e Zahab, 30 in Kermanshah and 9 in the Shirin Palace)

 

[luismeteo3]

Present updated toll (which will almost surely increase the following hours) - 126 FATALITIES and 1094 INJURED PEOPLE

 

[luismeteo3]

Present updated toll (which will almost surely increase the following hours) - 355 FATALITIES and 6051 INJURED PEOPLE

 

[luismeteo3]

Present updated toll (which will almost surely increase the following hours) - 387 FATALITIES and 6051 INJURED PEOPLE

Update 11:41 UTC: Mark Allen : Cross-section gives an idea of Zagros structure - adapted from Dezful region of Iran to SE. Red dot represents the recent Iraq/Iran #earthquake hypocenter

 

[luismeteo3]

Present updated toll (which will almost surely increase the following hours) - 410 FATALITIES and 7156 INJURED PEOPLE
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Update 13:36 UTC: Middle East tectonics and earthquakes result from the interaction of the Eurasia, Arabia, India, and Africa Plates. This regional tectonics map shows plate motions with
respect to the Eurasian Plate. The location of the earthquake is shown by the red star.