DHA-GENEVA 94/0060
IRAN - EARTHQUAKE
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO.1
23 FEBRUARY 1994
SITUATION
1. AT 11.34 HRS LOCAL TIME (GMT 08.04 HRS) ON 23 FEBRUARY 1994 AN EARTHQUAKE COMPUTED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AT 6.1 ON THE RICHTER SCALE OCCURRED IN IRAN (LOCAL REPORTS INDICATE MAGNITUDE 6.6). EPICENTRE LATITUDE 30.9 DEGREES NORTH, LONGITUDE 60.6 DEGREES EAST, APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES NORTH OF ZAHEDAN, 630 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TEHERAN CLOSE TO THE AFGHANISTAN BORDER. DEPTH SHALLOW.
2.UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH NATIONAL AUTHORITIES. AREA AFFECTED, WEST OF THE TOWN OF ZABOL, IS SPARSELY POPULATED. 6 PEOPLE REPORTED DEAD. AT THIS STAGE IT IS EXPECTED THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - GENEVA +
TELEPHONE NO:+41-22-917.12.34
EMERGENCY TEL. NO. (OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS): +41-22-917.20.10
DESK OFFICER: S. METZNER-STRACK, DIRECT TEL. +41-22-917.21.44,
PRESS TO CONTACT:
DHA-GENEVA SPOKESPERSON: M. KHATIB,DIRECT TEL +41-22-917.28.56
TELEX:414242 DHA
FAX: +41-22-917.00.23
ELECTRONIC MAIL: UNIENET ID UNX 008
DHA-GENEVA 94/0063
IRAN - EARTHQUAKE
DHA-GENEVA INFORMATION REPORT NO.2
24 FEBRUARY 1994
1. UNDP/DHA RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE INFORMS THAT SEVERAL MAJOR AFTERSHOCKS AFFECTED SISTAN PROVINCE: ON 23 FEBRUARY 1994 AT 15:30 HRS LOCAL TIME (12:00 GMT) AN AFTERSHOCK MEASURING 5.8 ON THE RICHTER SCALE IMPACTED THE AREA AND TWO FURTHER SHOCKS MEASURING 5.5 AND 5.9 OCCURRED EARLY IN THE MORNING OF 24 FEBRUARY 1994.
2. THE EPICENTRE IS CLOSE TO SEFID ABEH, ABOUT 50 KM WEST OF ZABOL, WITH A POPULATION OF 1,500. ACCORDING TO PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF THE DISASTER TASK FORCE OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR, 9 PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND SOME 300 HOUSES DAMAGED.
3.RED CRESCENT SOCIETY OF IRAN IMPLEMENTING RELIEF OPERATION IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ARMY AND REVOLUTIONARY GUARDS. OPERATION COORDINATED BY THE DISASTER TASK FORCE OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR.
4.NO REQUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN MADE.
DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS - GENEVA +
TELEPHONE NO:+41-22-917.12.34
EMERGENCY TEL. NO. (OUTSIDE WORKING HOURS): +41-22-917.20.10
DESK OFFICER: S. METZNER-STRACK, DIRECT TEL. +41-22-917.21.44
PRESS TO CONTACT:
DHA-GENEVA SPOKESPERSON: M. KHATIB,DIRECT TEL +41-22-917.28.56
TELEX:414242 DHA
FAX: +41-22-917.00.23
ELECTRONIC MAIL: UNIENET ID UNX 008