Two strong earthquakes levelled villages and damaged homes in northwestern Iran on Saturday, killing at least 180 people and injuring more than 1,350 others, state TV reported. Thousands of people spent the night outdoors as aftershocks rattled the area.
The U.S. Geological Survey reported that Saturday's first quake at 4:53 p.m. had a magnitude of 6.4 and struck 60 kilometres northeast of Tabriz at a depth of 9.9 kilometres. Its epicentre was a region between the towns of Ahar and Haris, about 500 kilometres northwest of the capital Tehran, according to Khalil Saei, local Crisis Committee chief.
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