Photos show devastation after earthquake on Iran-Iraq border kills hundreds

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Monday, November 13, 2017
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Photos show devastation after earthquake on Iran-Iraq border kills hundredsIn this photo provided by the Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, survivors warm themselves in front of destroyed buildings in Sarpol-e-Zahab, Iran, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
Pouria Pakizeh/ISNA via AP

Hundreds are dead after a 7.3-magnitude struck on the Iraq-Iran border on Sunday, Iranian news outlets reported.



Officials in Iran said that more than 300 people were dead and at least 6,000 injured, ABC News reports.




The USGS also recorded a 5.3-magnitude quake and a 4.5-magnitude quake following the first earthquake.



See photos of the quake in the gallery above.

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