ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />STORY: Two strong earthquakes struck villages in northwest Iran on Saturday, killing at least 87 people and injuring more than 400, Iranian media said.<br/> <br />Six villages near the city of Tabriz were completely destroyed and other neighboring cities were facing damages and power outages.<br/> <br />The U.S. Geological Survey measured the first quake at 6.4 magnitude and said it struck 37 miles northeast of the city of Tabriz.<br/> <br />A second quake measuring 6.3 struck 30 miles northeast of Tabriz 11 minutes later at a similar depth.<br/> <br />The second quake struck near the town of Varzgan, Fars news agency said. "The quake was so intense that people poured into the streets through fear," it said.<br/> <br />A local provincial official urged people in the region to stay outdoors during the night for fear of aftershocks.<br/> <br />an is straddled by several major fault lines and has suffered several devastating earthquakes in recent times, the last which struck the city of Bam in 2003, killing more than 25,000 people.
