Ref: DHAGVA - 97/0056
1. On 4 February 1997 three earthquakes
measuring 5.4, 6.1 and 4.0 on the Richter scale (at 13.24 hours,
14.08 hours and 16.00 hours local time) rocked Northern Khorasan, and to
date the area has experienced more than 290 aftershocks.
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