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Arequipa earthquake: Peru Gov’t remains attentive, at service of citizens

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Prime Minister Mercedes Araoz affirmed Peruvian State remained attentive and at the service of citizens after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit the coast of Arequipa region early Sunday. The aim was to assist those affected and prevent families from spending the night in the open air. According to the senior official, the Government declared a state of emergency in the affected area to take swift action and repair the damage caused by the seismic event.

Earthquake death toll in Iran rises to 387, 6603 injured

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On Sunday night a devastating 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Iraq-Iran border about 64 miles (103km) Southeast of the city of Sulaymaniyah. The earthquake was felt across large parts of Iran, including Kermanshah, Kurdistan, Ilam, West Azerbaijan and East Azerbaijan provinces. It has claimed a large number of victims: about 400 people dead and more than 6600 injured, but the number of fatalities is feared to rise. The earthquake has created extremely difficult conditions: the electricity was cut off in several Iranian and Iraqi cities, and fears of aftershocks sent thousands of people in both countries out onto the streets and parks in cold weather and rescuers worked through the night to find people trapped in collapsed buildings, but there are still people under the rubble. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani assigned the vice president on Monday to oversee a national disaster response to the last night’s powerful earthquake and all administrative, military, public and non-governmental organizations were mobilized to handle the disaster. Following the death toll in Kermanshah province, the deputy governor announced three days of public mourning in the whole province. Also, leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei called in a message for taking immediate measures to assist those affected by the earthquake, including a rapid mobilization of the relevant government organs to provide medical treatment for the injured. 20 helicopters from Iran Army Aviation, 136 ambulances, and 28 ambulance buses were also deployed to earthquake-affected areas. Four field hospitals have also been set up in the area.

Small quake registered in North Korea near nuclear test site

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The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a small earthquake in an area of North Korea where previous nuclear tests have been carried out. The USGS said the magnitude 2.9 quake occurred about 13 miles northeast of Sungjibaegam, North Korea. It added that the quake was recorded “in the area of the previous North Korean Nuclear tests”. The USGS noted, “The event has earthquake like characteristics, however, we cannot conclusively confirm at this time the nature (natural or human-made) of the event. The depth is poorly constrained and has been held to 5 km (3 miles) by the seismologist”. The USGS further added that the Air Force Technical Applications Center is the only organization in the federal government whose mission is to detect and report technical data from foreign nuclear explosions. Earlier last month, on September 23, a magnitude 3.4 earthquake was registered under Mt. Mantap, an area of North Korea where earthquakes do not normally occur. Later, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and UC Santa Cruz released a joint report that concluded that tunnels in the test site collapsed after the quake.

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