NEWS/EARTHQUAKE Powerful earthquake rocks Iran-Iraq border

A 7.2 extent earthquake has struck zones along the Iraq-Iran border, murdering no less than two individuals and harming handfuls, as indicated by Iranian state media.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said Sunday's shudder hit near Halabjah, southeast of Sulaymaniyah, a city in the semi-independent Kurdish locale of northern Iraq.

The tremor, which was felt as far away as Qatar, struck at 9:18 pm neighborhood time (18:18) GMT and its epicenter were at a profundity of 33.9km.

Faramarz Akbari, the legislative leader of Iran's Qasr-e Shirin city, announced the loss of life to Iran's state-run IRNA news office. He likewise said that assessing harms is unthinkable because of a gigantic power cut.

Al Jazeera's Imran Khan, announcing from the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, said autos ground to a halt in the city as the structures influenced.

"Baghdad isn't inclined to earthquakes so when individuals started to come outside, the stun was unmistakable on the faces," he said.

"For an initial couple of moments, I actually thought a blast had occurred, however as it carried on - for up to a moment - I understood it was an earthquake," he included.

Pictures and film distributed via web-based networking media indicated individuals looking for wellbeing in the lanes of Sulaymaniyah while the insides of structures shook.