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Year |
Location |
Magnitude |
Comment |
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1929 |
Iran
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7.2 |
3,800 deaths.
One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.
This earthquake caused casualties and
severe damage on both sides of the
Iran-Turkmenistan (Persia-USSR) border.
More than 3,250 people were killed and
88 villages destroyed or damaged in the
Baghan-Gifan area, Iran. Damage also
occurred at Bojnurd. Nearly all
buildings were destroyed at Germab,
Turkmenistan. Damage occurred to 57
places in Turkmenistan, including
Ashgabat (Ashkhabad), where there were
some casualties. About 50 km (30 mi) of
surface faulting was observed on the
Baghan-Germab fault. Aftershocks
occurred until 1933; a strong one on
13 July 1929 caused additional
casualties.
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1967 |
Greece
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5.9 |
In the mountainous area of northern Arta Province,
9 were killed, 56 injured, and over 100
houses destroyed. The area of maximum intensity
encompassed the villages of Drosopighi, Pramanta,
Melisourgoe, and Theodoriana. Extensive earthslides
occurred in the Ioannina (Jannina) District.
From United States Earthquakes, 1968.
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