An earthquake measuring 6.5 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale" id="mwAUc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Moment magnitude scale">M<sub id="mwAUg">w</sub></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Bou'in-Zahra_earthquake" id="mwAUk" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2002 Bou'in-Zahra earthquake">strikes</a> a region of northwestern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" id="mwAUo" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iran">Iran</a> killing at least 261 people and injuring 1,300 others and eventually causing widespread public anger due to the slow official response.