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Photos show devastation after earthquake on Iran-Iraq border kills hundreds

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Monday, November 13, 2017
In this photo provided by the Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, survivors warm themselves in front of destroyed buildings in Sarpol-e-Zahab, Iran, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
In this photo provided by the Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, a car lays smashed by debris from the earthquake in Sarpol-e-Zahab in western Iran, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
In this photo provided by the ISNA, a rescue worker searches debris for survivors with his sniffing dog in Sarpol-e-Zahab in western Iran, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
In this photo provided by Tasnim News Agency, relatives weep over the body of an earthquake victim, in Sarpol-e-Zahab, western Iran, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
In this photo provided by Tasnim News Agency, relatives weep over the bodies of earthquake victims, in Sarpol-e-Zahab, in western Iran, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
In this photo provided by the ISNA, people look at destroyed buildings after an earthquake at the city of Sarpol-e-Zahab in western Iran, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
In this photo provided by the ISNA, destroyed buildings and a car are seen after an earthquake at the city of Sarpol-e-Zahab in western Iran, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
In this photo provided by Tasnim News Agency, relatives weep over the bodies of earthquake victims, in Sarpol-e-Zahab, western Iran, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
People sit on the rubble of a destroyed house after an earthquake in the city of Darbandikhan, northern Iraq, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
In this photo provided by Tasnim News Agency, people carry their belongings in Sarpol-e-Zahab, western Iran, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
Houses are destroyed after an earthquake in the city of Darbandikhan, northern Iraq, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
A man stands next to a destroyed house after an earthquake in the city of Darbandikhan, northern Iraq, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
A man checks the interior of a damaged house after an earthquake in the city of Darbandikhan, northern Iraq, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
People walk next to a destroyed house after an earthquake in the city of Darbandikhan, northern Iraq, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
Boys walk on the roof of a destroyed house after an earthquake in the city of Darbandikhan, northern Iraq, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
People stand in the street after feeling aftershocks from an earthquake in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017.
People stand in the street after feeling aftershocks from an earthquake in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017.
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Photos show devastation after earthquake on Iran-Iraq border kills hundredsIn this photo provided by the Iranian Students News Agency, ISNA, survivors warm themselves in front of destroyed buildings in Sarpol-e-Zahab, Iran, Monday, Nov. 13, 2017.
Pouria Pakizeh/ISNA via AP

Hundreds are dead after a 7.3-magnitude struck on the Iraq-Iran border on Sunday, Iranian news outlets reported.

Officials in Iran said that more than 300 people were dead and at least 6,000 injured, ABC News reports.

The USGS also recorded a 5.3-magnitude quake and a 4.5-magnitude quake following the first earthquake.

See photos of the quake in the gallery above.

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