Death toll rises to over 400 from powerful 7.3 earthquake that struck Iran-Iraq border region

At least 348 people were killed and over 6,000 injured in Iran in a powerful earthquake that struck the Iran-Iraq border region Sunday, Iran’s state-run news agency reports.

Iranian state television reported at least 341 deaths and more than 5,900 people injured. Officials in Iraq said at least 7 people had died there and over 500 had been injured there.

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded that the 7.3-magnitude quake struck around 19 miles from the Iraqi city of Halabjah, at a depth of 14 miles.