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Magnitude 6.6 Northern Iran
1998 March 14 19:40:02 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

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Magnitude 6.6
Date-Time 1998 03 14 19:40:02 UTC
Location 30.15N 57.60E
Depth 9.0 kilometers
Region Northern Iran
Reference 50 km (30 miles) ESE of Kerman, Iran
200 km (125 miles) ENE of Sirjan, Iran
325 km (200 miles) WNW of Zahedan, Iran
840 km (520 miles) SE of TEHRAN, Iran
Location Quality Error estimate not available
Location Quality
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Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Remarks Five people killed, 50 injured, 10,000 homeless, 2,000 houses destroyed, 1,200 livestock killed and utilities disrupted in the Golbaf area. Felt at Baft and Kerman.

NB: The region name is an automatically generated name from the Flinn-Engdahl (F-E) seismic and geographical regionalization scheme. The boundaries of these regions are defined at one-degree intervals and therefore differ from irregular political boundaries. More->

 


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