Civil Engineering Association

The quake, recorded at 9:18 p.m. on Sunday, was felt as far away as Turkey and Pakistan. The epicenter was near Ezgeleh, Iran, about 135 miles northeast of Baghdad, and had a preliminary magnitude of 7.3, according to the United States Geological Survey. Seismologists in the country said it was the biggest quake to hit the western part of Iran.
Photographs from the region — a patchwork of farms and home to many Kurds, a large ethnic minority in Iran — posted on the internet showed collapsed buildings, cars destroyed by rubble and people sleeping in the streets in fear of aftershocks.

At least 445 people were killed and 7,370 people were injured in Iran, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency, which gave an estimate significantly higher than the death toll of 407 that officials had announced earlier.

"Kalajeh" and "Sarab Zahab" villages in "Sarpul Zahab" have been destroyed almost completely after the earthquake. According to witnesses, the villagers have not yet been helped.






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The right hand of the seven-year-old son of Sar-e-Pol-e Zahabi, who was completely cut off from the ankle by the earthquake, was transplanted in a rare event.

According to IRNA, this surgery was completely free of charge at Bistoon Hospital in Kermanshah.