Recent Twin Earthquakes in Iran: Was Volunteer Assistance Effective?
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Recent twin earthquakes in Iran: was volunteer assistance effective?
Correspondence: Sina Zarrintan, MD Department of General Surgery Golgahst St. Imam Reza Hospital, Tabriz, 51664 Iran E-mails: [email protected], [email protected] The 2012 Iranian earthquakes took place in the cities of Ahar and Varzqan in East Azerbaijan province on August 11, 2012, at 4:53 PM Tehran time. Twin earthquakes (6.4 and 6.3 on the Richter scale) stuck northwest Iran 11 mi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1049-023X,1945-1938
DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x13000277