DHA-GENEVA 94/0437

IRAN - FLOODS
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
24 OCTOBER 1994

1. HEAVY RAINS AND STORM HAVE CAUSED FLOODING AND DAMAGE MAINLY IN PROVINCES OF GILAN AND MAZANDARAN. PROVINCES OF KIRMANSHAH AND KIRMAN ALSO AFFECTED.

2. MAZANDARAN (SEVERAL COASTAL CITIES AND VILLAGES INCLUDING NOWSHAR): DAMAGE (RANGING FROM TEN TO FIFTY PER CENT) CAUSED TO MORE THAN 5,000 HOUSES AND BUSINESS PREMISES. SERIOUS DAMAGE CAUSED TO NETWORK OF ROADS AND BRIDGES AND TO ORCHARDS AND AGRICULTURAL LAND. GILAN (CITIES OF RASHT, ASTARA, ROODSAR

DHA-GENEVA 94/0216

IRAN - EARTHQUAKE
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO.1
21 JUNE 1994

1. A STRONG EARTHQUAKE HIT SOUTHERN IRAN ON MONDAY, 20 JUNE 1994 AT 1:40 PM (9.10 GMT). EPICENTRE: 29.2 DEGREES LATITUDE NORTH, 52.5 DEGREES LONGITUDE EAST (35 MILES SOUTH OF SHIRAZ, CAPITAL OF FARS PROVINCE), DEPTH SHALLOW, MAGNITUDE 6.0 ON RICHTER SCALE (ACCORDING TO US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY).

2. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES THAT 2 PEOPLE WERE KILLED, MORE THAN 100 INJURED, AND DOZENS OF VILLAGES SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. A LANDSLIDE OCCURRED IN ZANJIRAN MOUNTAIN