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{{short description|November 2017 earthquake near the Iran–Iraq border}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox earthquake
| name = 2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake
| alt = 2017 Kermanshah Earthquake.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/media/1396/08/22/1572403/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%BE%D9%84-%D8%B0%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A8 |title=امداد رسانی به مصدومان زلزله در سرپل‌ذهاب - خبرگزاری تسنیم - Tasnim |access-date=21 September 2018 |archive-date=14 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114202307/https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/media/1396/08/22/1572403/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B3%D8%B1%D9%BE%D9%84-%D8%B0%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A8 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/media/1396/08/22/1572403/|title=خبرگزاری تسنیم – Tasnim – امداد رسانی به مصدومان زلزله در سرپل‌ذهاب}}</ref>
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| timestamp = 2017-11-12 18:18:17
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| local-time = 21:48 IRST
| duration = 
| magnitude = 7.3 [[Moment magnitude scale|M<sub>w</sub>]]<ref name=USGS/><ref name="auto2"/>
<ref name="yahoo.com"/><ref name="kfor.com"/><ref name="cnn.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2017/11/13/iraq-iran-border-deadly-earthquake-sdg-lon-orig.cnn/video/playlists/mobile-digital-features/|title=Moment Iran-Iraq earthquake struck – CNN Video|date=13 November 2017 }}</ref>
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| fault = [[Zagros fold and thrust belt]]
| type = [[Thrust fault|Thrust]]<ref name=USGS/>
| affected = * [[Iran]]
* [[Iraq]]
| damages = <!-- cost/extent of property damage -->
| intensity = {{MMI|IX}}<ref>{{cite web|url= https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000bmcg/impact|title=M 7.3 - 29km S of Halabjah, Iraq|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|access-date=July 18, 2021|date=November 12, 2017}}</ref>
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| aftershocks = 
| casualties = 630 dead<ref name="irna"/><ref name="reliefweb"/><br />8,100+ injured<ref name="nbc"/><ref name="BBC"/><ref name="ec" >{{cite news|title=A 7.3-magnitude earthquake on the Iran-Iraq border leaves hundreds dead|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2017/11/daily-chart-8|accessdate=14 November 2017|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=13 November 2017}}</ref><br /> 70,000+ homeless<ref name="ec"/>
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On 12 November 2017 at 18:18&nbsp;[[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] (21:48 [[Iran Standard Time]], 21:18 [[Arabia Standard Time]]), an [[earthquake]] with a [[moment magnitude]] of 7.3 occurred on the [[Iran–Iraq border]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last1=Jamalreyhani |first1=Mohammadreza |last2=Rezapour |first2=Mehdi |last3=Cesca |first3=Simone |last4=Dahm |first4=Torsten |last5=Heimann |first5=Sebastian |last6=Sudhaus |first6=Henriette |last7=Isken |first7=Marius Paul |date=2022-03-28 |title=Insight into the 2017–2019 Lurestan arc seismic sequence (Zagros, Iran); complex earthquake interaction in the basement and sediments |url=https://academic.oup.com/gji/article/230/1/114/6526871 |journal=Geophysical Journal International |language=en |volume=230 |issue=1 |pages=114–130 |doi=10.1093/gji/ggac057 |issn=0956-540X}}</ref> with the Iraqi Kurdish city of Halabja, and the Kurdish dominated places of [[Ezgeleh]], [[Salas-e Babajani County]], [[Kermanshah Province]] in Iran,<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/12/middleeast/iraq-earthquake/index.html|title=Iran-Iraq earthquake is deadliest of 2017|author1=Shirzad Bozorgmehr |author2=James Masters|date=12 November 2017 |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref name="yahoo.com">{{cite web|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/iran-iraq-earthquake-may-soon-131344784.html|title=The Iran-Iraq Earthquake May Soon Be the Deadliest of 2017}}</ref><ref name="kfor.com">{{cite web|url=http://kfor.com/2017/11/13/powerful-iran-iraq-earthquake-is-deadliest-of-2017/|title=Powerful Iran-Iraq earthquake is deadliest of 2017|date=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="USGS">{{Cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000bmcg|title=M 7.3 – 30km S of Halabjah, Iraq|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/northern-iraq-rocked-72-magnitude-earthquake-171112184114150.html|title=Northern Iraq rocked by 7.2 magnitude earthquake|work=[[Al Jazeera English]]|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref> closest to the epicentre, {{Convert|30|km|}} south of the city of [[Halabja]], [[Iraqi Kurdistan]].<ref name="USGS" />

It was felt as far away as [[Israel]] and the [[United Arab Emirates]]. With at least 630 people killed (mostly in Iraq's Kurdish Halabja area and the Iranian Kurdish dominated province of Kermanshah),<ref name="irna"/><ref name="reliefweb"/> and more than 8,100 injured, as well as many more unaccounted for,<ref name="theguardian">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/14/officials-raise-iran-iraq-earthquake-death-toll-to-at-least-530|title=Officials raise Iran-Iraq earthquake death toll to at least 530|accessdate=14 November 2017|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref><ref name="nbc">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/national-international/Iran-Iraq-Earthquake-Dozens-Dead-Hundreds-Hurt-457064523.html|title=Powerful Earthquake on Iran-Iraq Border Kills Over 410|work=NBC4 Washington|access-date=13 November 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/iraqi-red-crescent-increasing-number-dead-10-people-because-earthquake-and-set-camps|title=Iraqi Red Crescent: Increasing the number of the dead to 10 people because of the earthquake and set up camps to shelter the affected families in Darbandikhan and Halapcha.|date=14 November 2017|work=ReliefWeb|access-date=15 November 2017|language=English}}</ref> it was the deadliest earthquake of 2017.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41972338|title=Iran-Iraq quake is 2017's deadliest|date=13 November 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=13 November 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Tectonic setting==
The [[earthquake]] was located within the [[Zagros fold and thrust belt]], part of the broad and complex zone of [[continental collision]] between the [[Arabian Plate|Arabian]] and [[Eurasian Plate]]s. At this location, the relative convergence of the plates is about 26&nbsp;mm per year.<ref name=USGS/> The convergence is quite oblique to the Zagros belt, although it is partitioned into orthogonal [[Fault (geology)#Dip-slip faults|dip-slip motion]] within the active thrust belt and dextral (right lateral) [[Fault (geology)#Strike-slip faults|strike-slip motion]] along the [[Main Recent Fault]] to the northeast of the [[Zagros Mountains]].<ref name="Talebian">{{cite journal|last=Talebian|first=M.|author2=Jackson J. |year=2004|title=A reappraisal of earthquake focal mechanisms and active shortening in the Zagros mountains of Iran|journal=Geophysical Journal International|publisher=Royal Astronomical Society|volume=156|issue=3|pages=506–526|doi=10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02092.x|bibcode = 2004GeoJI.156..506T |doi-access=free}}</ref>

==Earthquake==
[[File:Iran-Iraq border earthquake ShakeMap (cropped).jpg|225px|thumb|left|USGS shakemap.]]
[[File:2017 Kermanshah earthquake by Alireza Vasigh Ansari - Sarpol-e Zahab (05).jpg|thumb|left|Damaged apartment block of the [[Construction industry of Iran#Mehr Housing Scheme|Mehr housing project]] in [[Sarpol-e Zahab]], [[Iran]]]]
[[File:2017 Kermanshah earthquake by Farzad Menati - Sarpol-e Zahab (56).jpg|thumb|left|[[Iranian Red Crescent Society|Red Crescent]] offering help for the injured people]] 
[[File:2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake.svg|thumb|right|Chart of the aftershocks that followed 12 November main shock]]

The earthquake occurred near the [[Iran–Iraq border]],<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/12/middleeast/iraq-earthquake/index.html|title=Iran-Iraq earthquake is deadliest of 2017|author1=Shirzad Bozorgmehr |author2=James Masters|date=12 November 2017 |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref name="yahoo.com1">{{cite web|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/iran-iraq-earthquake-may-soon-131344784.html|title=The Iran-Iraq Earthquake May Soon Be the Deadliest of 2017}}</ref><ref name="kfor.com">{{cite web|url=http://kfor.com/2017/11/13/powerful-iran-iraq-earthquake-is-deadliest-of-2017/|title=Powerful Iran-Iraq earthquake is deadliest of 2017|date=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref name="cnn.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2017/11/13/iraq-iran-border-deadly-earthquake-sdg-lon-orig.cnn/video/playlists/mobile-digital-features/|title=Moment Iran-Iraq earthquake struck – CNN Video|date=13 November 2017 }}</ref> approximately {{convert|220|km|mi}} northeast of [[Baghdad]].<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/12/middleeast/iraq-earthquake/index.html|title=Iran-Iraq earthquake is deadliest of 2017|author1=Shirzad Bozorgmehr |author2=James Masters|date=12 November 2017 |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref name="yahoo.com1">{{cite web|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/iran-iraq-earthquake-may-soon-131344784.html|title=The Iran-Iraq Earthquake May Soon Be the Deadliest of 2017}}</ref><ref name="kfor.com">{{cite web|url=http://kfor.com/2017/11/13/powerful-iran-iraq-earthquake-is-deadliest-of-2017/|title=Powerful Iran-Iraq earthquake is deadliest of 2017|date=13 November 2017}}</ref> According to the [[United States Geological Survey]], the earthquake measured 7.3 on the [[moment magnitude scale]]<ref name="yahoo.com"/> and was caused by movement on a [[thrust fault]] [[strike and dip|dipping]] at a shallow angle to the northeast. The epicentre was at a depth of {{convert|19.0|km|mi}}, and the maximum perceived intensity was IX (''Violent'') on the [[Mercalli intensity scale]].<ref name="USGS"/>

This was the strongest earthquake recorded in the region since a 6.1 M<sub>w</sub> event in January 1967.<ref name="USGS"/> The earthquake was felt throughout the [[Middle East]] and as far away as [[Israel]], the [[Arabian Peninsula]] and [[Turkey]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=629693#map|title=Earthquake, Magnitude 7.3 – IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION – 2017 November 12, 18:18:17 UTC|work=EMSC-CSEM|access-date=13 November 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41963373|title=Iran-Iraq border quake kills hundreds|date=13 November 2017|work=BBC News|access-date=13 November 2017|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenational.ae/world/gcc/earthquake-of-7-2-magnitude-hits-iraq-1.675192|title=More than 300 killed as strong quake rocks Iran-Iraq border|work=The National|access-date=13 November 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref name="BBC">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41963373|title=Iran-Iraq earthquake: Deadly tremor hits border region|date=12 November 2017|accessdate=12 November 2017|publisher=BBC News}}</ref>
===Aftershocks===
{| class="wikitable floatright"
|-
| Date||{{M|w}}||Casualties||Notes||Source(s)
|-
|2017-12-11
|5.4
|50 injured 
|Several houses destroyed 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000c2ue#executive|title=M 5.4 - 23km WSW of Ḩalabja, Iraq|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|access-date=December 11, 2017|date=December 11, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.kurdistan24.net/en/news/a28efdd5-1fcc-40e7-824a-71f74179c0dc|title=50 people hospitalized due to 5.4 magnitude earthquake in Kurdistan|work=Kurdistan24|access-date=December 12, 2017|date=December 11, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|2018-01-06
|5.0
|51 injured 
|Additional damage
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us1000c1fi#executive|title=M 5.0 - 16km NNW of Sarpol-e Zahāb, Iran|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|date=January 6, 2018|access-date=January 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/world/51-people-injured-as-5-1-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-kermanshah-province-in-iran-4291815.html|title=51 people injured as 5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Kermanshah province in Iran|website=firstpost.com|access-date=January 7, 2018|date=January 7, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2018-01-11
|5.5
|5 injured 
|Some old homes destroyed 
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000ci3s#executive|title=M 5.5 - 16km ESE of Mandalī, Iraq|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|access-date=January 11, 2018|date=January 11, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2682653&language=en|title=Five people injured in Iran's 5.6 Sumar quake|work=KUNA|access-date=January 12, 2018|date=January 12, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2018-04-01
|5.0
|54 injured 
| -
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us1000dc2w#executive|title=M 5.0 - 12km WSW of Sarpol-e Zāhāb, Iran|publisher=[[United States Geological Survey]]|access-date=April 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://en.radiofarda.com/a/two-quakes-hit-iran/29138644.html|title=More Than 50 Injured In Double Quake In Iran|last=Farda|first=Radio|work=RFE/RL|access-date=April 2, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|2018-06-26
|4.7
|12 injured 
| -
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us1000f2gd#executive|title=M 4.7 - 32km NE of Sarpol-e Zāhāb, Iran|website=earthquake.usgs.gov|access-date=2018-06-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/iran-islamic-republic/west-iran-quake-injures-12|title=West Iran quake injures 12|work=ReliefWeb|access-date=2018-06-28}}</ref>
|-
|2018-07-22
|5.8
|287 injured 
|Severe damage
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000gb4d#executive|title=M 5.8 - 31km ENE of Sarpol-e Zāhāb, Iran|website=earthquake.usgs.gov|access-date=2018-07-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/magnitude-4-7-5-7-quakes-strike-southern-060342817.html|title=Magnitude 5.9 quake injures nearly 290 in western Iran|access-date=2018-07-22}}</ref>
|-
|2018-08-26
|6.0
|3 dead, 243 injured 
|Further damage 
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us1000ghda#executive|title=M 6.0 - 32km SW of Jāvānrūd, Iran|website=earthquake.usgs.gov|access-date=2018-08-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/426841/Magnitude-5-9-quake-in-Kermanshah-3-dead-243-injured|title=Magnitude-5.9 quake in Kermanshah: 3 dead, 243 injured|date=2018-08-26|work=Tehran Times|access-date=2018-08-26}}</ref>
|-
|[[2018 Sarpol-e Zahab earthquake|2018-11-26]]
|6.3
|1 dead, 761 injured 
|Severe damage 
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us1000hwdw/executive|title=M 6.3 - 15km SW of Sarpol-e Zāhāb, Iran|website=earthquake.usgs.gov|access-date=2018-11-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-46343683|title=More than 700 injured in Iran earthquake|date=2018-11-26|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-11-26}}</ref>
|-
|}

The Iranian seismological centre registered at least 50 [[aftershock]]s within a few hours of the earthquake, with a total of 242 earthquakes. These aftershocks killed at least four and injured at least 1,488 others.<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-quake/strong-earthquake-hits-iraq-and-iran-killing-at-least-210-idUSKBN1DC0VZ?il=0|title=Strong earthquake hits Iraq and Iran, killing at least 210|last1=Jalabi|first1=Raya|date=12 November 2017|accessdate=12 November 2017|work=[[Reuters]]|last2=Hafezi|first2=Parisa}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Earthquake Impact Database|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=32.74108,45.0769&extent=35.55904,47.13684&range=search&timeZone=utc&map=false&search=%7B%22name%22:%22Search%20Results%22,%22params%22:%7B%22starttime%22:%222017-11-12%2000:00:00%22,%22endtime%22:%222022-04-13%2023:59:59%22,%22maxlatitude%22:35.996,%22minlatitude%22:33.45,%22maxlongitude%22:48.098,%22minlongitude%22:44.824,%22orderby%22:%22time%22%7D%7D|website=earthquake.usgs.gov}}</ref>

==Aftermath==
===Casualties and damage===
The province of Kermanshah was the most affected area along with the cities of [[Halabja]], Iraq and [[Sarpol-e Zahab]] being the hardest-hit.<ref name="yahoo.com" /><ref name="yahoo.com1" /><ref name="kfor.com" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/iran-iraq-earthquake-may-soon-131344784.html|title=The Iran-Iraq Earthquake May Soon Be the Deadliest of 2017|publisher=Yahoo! News}}</ref><ref name="cnn.com" /><ref name="auto2" /> [[Ezgeleh]] was the nearest city to the epicentre of the earthquake.<ref name="Erdbrink 2017">{{cite web | last=Erdbrink | first=Thomas | title=Iran-Iraq Earthquake Kills More Than 450 | website=The New York Times | date=13 November 2017 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/world/middleeast/iran-iraq-earthquake.html | access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> More than half of the Iranian casualties were from Sarpol-e-Zahab and the [[Ezgeleh District]], which have a combined population of over 30,000.<ref name="Sky News 2017">{{cite web | title=Over 400 dead after Iran-Iraq earthquake | website=Sky News | date=14 November 2017 | url=http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2017/11/14/over-400-dead-after-iran-iraq-earthquake.html | access-date=14 November 2017 | archive-date=14 November 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114202808/http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-stories/2017/11/14/over-400-dead-after-iran-iraq-earthquake.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> Officials announced that schools in Kermanshah and [[Ilam province]]s would be closed following the quake.<ref name="BNONews1"/>

630 people died.<ref name="irna">{{cite news|url=http://www.irna.ir/en/News/82759872|title=Western Iran fatal quake death toll rises to 620|accessdate=12 December 2017|date=11 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="reliefweb">{{cite news|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/iraq/iraqi-red-crescent-increasing-number-dead-10-people-because-earthquake-and-set-camps|title=Iraqi Red Crescent: Increasing the number of the dead to 10 people because of the earthquake and set up camps to shelter the affected families in Darbandikhan and Halapcha.|date=14 November 2017|work=ReliefWeb|access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref> More than 7,000 others were injured.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bbc.com/persian/world-41963636|title=زلزله‌ در استان کرمانشاه باعث مرگ دهها نفر شده است|date=12 November 2017|accessdate=12 November 2017|publisher=BBC News|language=Persian}}</ref> In Sarpol-e Zahab, the hospital was damaged and at least 142 people were killed, many who had lived in social housing complexes built by former president [[Mahmoud Ahmadinejad]].<ref name="ec" /><ref name="BBC" /><ref name="Reuters" /> At least seven people were killed and another 500 injured in neighbouring Iraq, according to officials in [[Iraqi Kurdistan]].<ref name="BNONews1">{{Cite news|url=http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id6718|title=Powerful earthquake strike the Iraq-Iran border, at least 123 dead|access-date=12 November 2017|publisher=[[BNO News]]|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112221651/http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/news/id6718|archive-date=12 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=AJ16>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/11/iran-iraq-earthquake-happened-171113064624001.html|title=Iran-Iraq earthquake: What happened and why|date=16 November 2017|work=Al Jazeera English|access-date=7 November 2019}}</ref> Further damages were seen as possible due to the threat of landslides induced by the shallow depth of the earthquake.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/260/M7-3-IRAN-IRAQ-BORDER-REGION-on-November-12th-2017-at-18-18-UTC|title=M7.3 IRAN-IRAQ BORDER REGION on November 12th 2017 at 18:18 UTC|website=www.emsc-csem.org|language=en|access-date=14 November 2017}}</ref>

The earthquake left about 70,000 people homeless across 14 Iranian provinces,<ref name="ec"/><ref>{{cite web | url=http://time.com/5020880/iran-iraq-earthquake/ | title=The Powerful Earthquake Along the Iran-Iraq Border Has Killed More Than 400 People | publisher=Time | date=13 November 2017 | accessdate=14 November 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113091924/http://time.com/5020880/iran-iraq-earthquake/ | archive-date=13 November 2017 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref> destroying approximately 12,000 homes and damaging another 15,000.<ref name="Gulf">{{cite news |date=14 November 2017 |title=30,000 homes damaged, destroyed by Iran quake |url=http://gulfnews.com/news/mena/iran/30-000-homes-damaged-destroyed-by-iran-quake-1.2124413 |work=[[Gulf News]] |agency=[[Agence France-Presse]] |accessdate=15 November 2017}}</ref> Relief camps in Iran distributed 22,000 tents and 52,000 blankets in the days after the earthquake.<ref name="Gulf"/> On 17 November, the Iranian government announced that the disaster has caused at least €5 billion of damage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/iran-earthquake-caused-damage-worth-5-billion/story-NW7mqK9NTqx5lXB6OIrX2O.html|title=Iran earthquake caused damage worth €5 billion|work=Hindustan Times|date=17 November 2017}}</ref>

In Sarpol-e Zahab, some residents blamed the widespread destruction on poor construction quality and government corruption.<ref name="ec"/> It was noted that older buildings remained standing, while many newer blocks collapsed.<ref name="ec"/>

===Aid ===
[[File:Entrance of the Injured People of the earthquake in Kermanshah to Mehrabad airport 33).jpg|thumb|right|Military plane at [[Mehrabad Airport|Merhabad Airport]] carrying injured people]]
[[Turkey]] was the first country to offer aid, through its [[Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency]], announcing that 92 rescue personnel were on standby, together with 4,000 tents and 7,000 blankets.<ref name=AJ16 />

[[European Union]] Foreign Policy Chief [[Federica Mogherini]] said the bloc was ready to cooperate with Iran in providing emergency relief aid,<ref name=AJ16 /> and Italy's government issued orders to send 12 tonnes of tents, blankets and mobile kitchens on 13 November.<ref name="auto1"/>

The [[International Committee of the Red Cross]] had arrived by 13 November.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/2017/11/the_latest_italy_sends_aid_after_iran_earthquake|title=The Latest: Italy sends aid after Iran earthquake|access-date=13 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114004630/http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/2017/11/the_latest_italy_sends_aid_after_iran_earthquake|archive-date=14 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Sunni]] charities, such as the [[Iranian Call and Reform Organisation]], were providing tents and water.<ref name="ec"/> Rescue dogs were also used by the Iranian Red Crescent in order to search for survivors.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/13/world/middleeast/iran-iraq-earthquake.html |title= Iran-Iraq Earthquake Kills More Than 500. |newspaper= The New York Times |date= 13 November 2017 |last1= Erdbrink |first1= Thomas }}</ref>

The [[South Korea]]n actress [[Lee Young-ae]] donated $45,000 to the Embassy of Iran in [[Seoul]] to help the victims of the earthquake.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tehrantimes.com/news/418619/Korean-actress-Lee-Young-ae-backs-quake-relief-efforts-in-Iran|title=Korean actress Lee Young-ae backs quake relief efforts in Iran|work=Tehran Times|date=20 November 2017|accessdate=15 December 2017}}</ref>

On 14 November, Iranian minister of foreign affairs [[Mohammad Javad Zarif]] expressed his gratitude for all the sympathy and offers of assistance Iran has received but declared that his country can manage the situation with its own resources for the time being.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=Javad_Zarif |number=930236404667420672 |date=13 November 2017 |title=Heartbreaking images from the earthquake damage and loss of life in Kermanshah (and in Iraq). We are grateful for global expressions of sympathy and offers of assistance. For now, we can manage with our own resources. Many thanks for all offers and we will keep you posted.}}</ref>

It was also reported that the Iranian Officials were visiting various affected places to provide assistance, according to CNN.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://edition.cnn.com/2017/11/12/middleeast/iraq-earthquake/index.html |title= Iran protests set to continue amid collapsing currency, increasing pressure on regime. |date= 12 November 2017 }}</ref>

==See also==
{{Commons category|2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake}}
{{Portal|Iran|Iraq|Earth sciences}}
* [[List of earthquakes in 2017]]
* [[List of earthquakes in Iran]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite journal | last1=Saleh | first1=M. | last2=Meghraoui | first2=M. | last3=Cetin | first3=E. | title=The 12 November 2017 Mw 7.4 earthquake in Sarpol-e-Zahab (Iran–Iraq): a complex fault rupture in the Zagros Mountains | journal=Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews | volume=5 | issue=3 | year=2023 | issn=2661-863X | doi=10.1007/s42990-023-00107-1 | pages=177–188| bibcode=2023MGRv....5..177S | s2cid=262171938 }}

==External links==
* [https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us2000bmcg#executive USGS summary of earthquake.]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180127111450/http://irsc.ut.ac.ir/Kermanshah_M7.3.pdf Institute of Geophysics, University of  Tehran's updated report of earthquake.] (in Persian)
* {{EQ-isc-link|617943542}}
* {{ReliefWeb-link|eq-2017-000165-irn}}

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