World
1News

Raw: Shocking footage from Iraqi town shows buildings flattened by 7.2 quake that's left more than 60 people dead

November 13, 2017

Footage from a major Iraqi town shows buildings in ruins after this morning's devastating magnitude-7.2 earthquake.

Video taken in the town of Suleimani, with a population of more than 700,000, shows some of the damage, with buildings reduce to rubble.

Reports suggest neighbouring Iran has so far been the worst hit  with 61 people dead, and more than 200 are injured.

WorldMiddle EastNatural Disasters

SHARE ME

More Stories

Iranian worshippers walk past a mural.

World leaders call on Iran and Israel to avoid letting conflict worsen

Leaders from around the Mideast and the world called on Iran and Israel to try to avoid escalating tensions following the apparent Israeli strike near an Iranian air base and nuclear facility.

7:44am

Iran's Minister for Foreign Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, right, and Iran's Ambassador to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani, 2nd left.

Israel targets air defence system in Syria, state news agency says

Israel carried out a missile strike, causing material damage, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency quoted a military statement as saying.

8:29pm

Isfahan is 350km south of Iran's capital, Tehran.

Iran fires air defence batteries in provinces, explosions heard

3:22pm

Arrivals were halted, and passengers struggled to reach terminals through the floodwater covering surrounding roads. (Source: Zaheer Kunnath)

Cloud seeding unlikely to be cause of record rain across UAE

Thursday 9:40am

0:25

A model of a missile is carried by Iranian demonstrators as minarets and dome of a mosque is seen at background during an anti-Israeli gathering in Tehran, Iran.

Israel vows response to Iran's weekend missile attack

Tue, Apr 16

International relations expert Robert Patman said the defence of Israel was a "pretty Herculean effort".

Iran, Israel conflict: 'Rapid erosion of norms and rules' - expert

Mon, Apr 15

6:28

Popular

Latest

1
2
3
4
5
6

6 mins ago

Security protocols checked after man sets himself alight

A metal can sits on the ground at the scene where a man lit himself on fire in a park outside Manhattan criminal court where Donald Trump is on trial.

41 mins ago

Olympic organisers unveil strategy for using AI in sports

Thomas Bach, IOC President.

7:52am

One dead after crash in Auckland's Grey Lynn

One dead after crash in Auckland's Grey Lynn

7:44am

World leaders call on Iran and Israel to avoid letting conflict worsen

Iranian worshippers walk past a mural.

7:22am

Wellington Phoenix draw against Newcastle Jets

Apostolos Stamatelopoulos of the Jets competes for the ball with Alex Rufer of the Phoenix. (Source: Scott Gardiner).

6:00am

'Beer with breakfast': How a teen's love affair with alcohol escalated

Rosie first started drinking when she was 14. [Composition Image by Nadine Christmas (source: 1News/istock)]

More from Entertainment

Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” died Thursday, April 18, 2024. He was 80.

Allman Brothers Band co-founder Dickey Betts dies aged 80

He wrote the group’s biggest hit, Ramblin’ Man, and stayed on the road until he reached the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

6:28pm

This cover image released by Republic Records show "The Tortured Poets Department" by Taylor Swift.

Review: Taylor Swift — The Tortured Poets Department

In moments, her 11th album feels like a bloodletting: A cathartic purge after a major heartbreak delivered through an ascendant vocal run, an elegiac verse, or mobile, synthesized productions.

5:38pm

Styles is said to have been left "shaken" by Carvalho's behaviour.

Stalker who sent Harry Styles 8000 cards in under a month jailed

2:35pm

Britain's Prince Harry, right, and wife Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex.

Prince Harry formally confirms US residency

11:56am

Hugh Grant.

Hugh Grant accepts 'enormous' settlement from UK tabloid

Thursday 10:20am