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Originally Posted by RT

Some 26,000 people were killed in a 6.6-magnitude quake that destroyed the historic city of Bam in 2003.

Omg, earthquakes are obviously a real threat there. If anyone from Iran is reading this, hope you and your family are okay! 6.6 doesn't even sound that high.. But I don't know much about earthquakes to be honest. Have never lived in an earth quake area.

Originally Posted by Hanna

Omg, earthquakes are obviously a real threat there. If anyone from Iran is reading this, hope you and your family are okay! 6.6 doesn't even sound that high.. But I don't know much about earthquakes to be honest. Have never lived in an earth quake area.

))) Hanna, true they are a real threat here, depends on the city it occurs. Bam is a very old city, it's kinda a rural area, homes which were built there were not standard, unfortunately it's very different from the capital(Tehran) and some other significant cities. So it got damaged badly, even though the earthquake wasn't that big. It was a very sad event.