IRAN: MAZANDARAN HIT BY EARTHQUAKE.(Brief Article)

From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: May 20, 2001 | Copyright information

According to "Tehran Times", a tremor measuring four degrees on the open-ended Richter scale jolted central cities of this northern province the provincial seismological network reported. The epicenter of the quake was reported to be 19km south of ...

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