Two powerful earthquakes have killed 250 people and injured up to 2 , 000 in northwest Iran.
Rescue workers have combed the rubble of dozens of
villages throughout the night as medical staff desperately tried to save lives .
Thousands huddled in makeshift camps or slept in the streets after yesterday 's quakes in fear of more aftershocks .
There have been 40 aftershocks since . Six villages were destroyed and about 60 sustained more than 50 % damage .
Up to 110 villages have also been damaged in the quakes . Head of Iran 's national emergency Reza
Masoumi said that there are still a number of people trapped in the rubble .
Iran is situated on major fault lines and has suffered several devastating earthquakes in recent years .
In 2003 a 6 . 6 magnitude quake reduced the historic southeastern city of Bam to dust and killed more than 25 ,000 people .
The US Geological Survey measured yesterday 's first quake at 6 . 4 magnitude and said it struck
6 km northeast of the city of Tabriz at a depth of 9 . 9 km .
A second quake measuring 6.3 struck 49 km northeast of Tabriz 11 minutes later at a similar depth.
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