Lessons from the recent twin earthquakes in Iran
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Lessons from the recent twin earthquakes in Iran
Within eleven minutes on 11 August 2012, twin earthquakes measured 6.3 and 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted Ahar and Varzaqan in northwestern Iran, claiming 300 lives and leaving thousands of injured in rural villages.12 The magnitude of the earthquakes was so immense that more than a hundred villages were 70-90% destroyed, while 20 being totally flattened. The primary estimations were suggestiv...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Currents
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2157-3999
DOI: 10.1371/currents.dis.ea574d0075a8e90a9cb782b368c60c36