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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Moderate quake injures 35 in Iran town
2007-03-09
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A moderate earthquake damaged buildings and injured at least 35 people early Wednesday in a town in southwestern Iran, sending panicked residents running into the streets, a local official said.
Another warning from the God of the Lutherans.
The magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck at 2:03 a.m. and was centered in the town of Doroud, 235 miles southwest of the capital, Tehran, said Jafar Lak, an official in the governor's office in Doroud. "The epicenter of the quake was exactly in the center of the town and damaged many buildings,'' Lak said. No one was killed in the quake, but 35 people were injured, Lak said.

The quake did not affect the town's supply of electricity, water and gas, but it did send panicked residents running out of their homes, Lak said. Many people in the town of 110,000 spent the night outdoors.
Posted by:Steve White

#9  I felt a disturbance in The Force. Or maybe it was the Habeneros.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2007-03-09 15:03  

#8  By the way, it's Friday and the world was supposed to suffer a "Space Tsunami" ending all life yesterday, anybody notice nothing happenrd except me?

I didn't notice, my life is so dull and bland that I wasn't really aware I wasn't dead that thursday evening (well, not anymore than any other given evening, I mean).
Posted by: anonymous5089   2007-03-09 15:01  

#7  lol, RJ, I'd actually completely forgotten about it, thank God.

And like someone said about the recent Indonesian quakes: We have those all the time 'round here (Cali, I assume). Wake me when they hit the 6.5+ range.
Posted by: BA   2007-03-09 13:01  

#6  By the way, it's Friday and the world was supposed to suffer a "Space Tsunami" ending all life yesterday, anybody notice nothing happenrd except me?
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2007-03-09 11:31  

#5  Is a moderate earthquake to a major earthquake the same as a "moderate Moslem" to a "radical Moslem"? kills and injures somewhat less?
Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever)   2007-03-09 11:27  

#4  You realize that doing this only makes them more radical?
Posted by: Fred   2007-03-09 08:58  

#3  Moderate quake inhures 35 moderate Muslims.
Posted by: JFM   2007-03-09 01:23  

#2   This one was supposed to be a 7.5 in early June, but it went off a bit early. This stuff is still as much an art as a science. Very happy with the targeting, though.
Posted by: Halliburton Earthquake Division   2007-03-09 00:30  

#1  Halliburton must have improved the re-load/re-target cycle time on their earthquake generator.
Posted by: Glenmore   2007-03-09 00:07  

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