On 11 August 2012 at 16: 53 and 17: 04 (local time), two earthquakes measuring 6. 2 and 6. 1 on moment magnitude scale hit 23km and 30km west of Ahar in Azerbaijan Sharghi province north-west of Iran. An estimated 250, 000 were affected by the earthquake in Ahar, Varzaghan and Heris and their 315 villages north east of Tabriz. The earthquakes left about 300 died, 3000 injured and affected the residence of about 72, 000 .
This is the first of the weekly situation report of the Iran-Azarbaijan Sharghi Province Earthquake