-Caveat Lector- Quakes Rock Cyprus, Iran By ALEX EFTY .c The Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - A series of earthquakes and aftershocks today jolted large parts of the Mideast and western Mediterranean islands, killing at least one person and injuring 16 people. A woman was killed and another person injured in Iran, where the Islamic Republic News Agency reported the quake struck the northeastern village of Moaminabad at 12:03 a.m. IRNA said preliminary estimates put the magnitude at 5.1. On the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, quakes with preliminary magnitudes of 4.2 and 5.8 were reported by the Cyprus Seismological Center. The initial quake struck at 4:20 a.m. today and the second hit about three hours later and could be felt in Lebanon, Syria and Egypt. The quakes were followed by a series of aftershocks, with magnitudes ranging from 2.5 to 4.4, according to the center. They hit just hours before the last total solar eclipse of the millennium. ``Is this going to be the end of the world?'' said Andreas Christou, who fled his house in Limassol, near the epicenter of Akrounda. ``We hear so much about the eclipse, and now this.'' Police in Cyprus said 15 people suffered minor injuries in the second quake, including two men who jumped in panic from the balconies of their apartment buildings in the southern Cyprus port of Limassol. They said 82 buildings were slightly damaged on the island, 32 of them in Limassol. The shaking also caused minor landslides on rural mountain roads. In the western town of Paphos, panicky residents fled their homes and ran into the streets. People on the top floor of apartment blocks in Nicosia, the capital, felt the whole building sway. Cyprus has frequently suffered earthquakes, which have caused serious damage and dozens of casualties in previous years. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
