Massive earthquake on Iran/Pakistan border

[Kevin Greene]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22168202

http://hosted.ap.org...-04-16-07-38-06

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A major earthquake described as the strongest to hit Iran in more than half a century flattened homes and offices Tuesday on both sides of the Iran-Pakistan border, killing at least 46 people in the sparsely populated region and swaying skyscrapers and buildings as far away as New Delhi.

Iran's Red Crescent said it was facing a "complicated emergency situation" in the area with villages scattered over desolate hills and valleys.

Iran's semiofficial ISNA news agency and others described the quake, measured at least magnitude 7.7, as the strongest quake in more than 50 years. State-run Press TV called it a "massive quake.

[Darth Biscuit]

Didn't they blame the last big one on the "US Earthquake machine"?

[PhillyB]

THANKS BOBO

[SCP]

Skyscrapers?

[h0llywood]

Living in southern California, those big earthquakes are no joke. 2 minutes of shaking feel like an eternity. I remember being in the border of Pakistan in 2005 during the 7.6 Kashmir earthquake and I was thrown to the ground.