The 1978 Tabas earthquake (Persian: زمینلرزه ۱۳۵۷ طبس) occurred on September 16 at 19:05:55 local time in central Iran. The shock measured 7.4 on the...
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than the acts of human beings. A natural disaster might be caused by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruption, landslide, hurricanes, etc. To be classified...
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Tabas (Persian: طبس) is a city in the Central District of Tabas County, South Khorasan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district...
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This list of 20th-century earthquakes is a list of earthquakes of magnitude 6 and above that occurred in the 20th century. Sone smaller events which nevertheless...
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September 16, 1978. Retrieved June 19, 2021. "Significant Earthquake: IRAN: TABAS". National Geophysical Data Center. September 16, 1978. Retrieved June...
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Mansour; Kanamori, Hiroo (1981). "Source parameters of 1978 Tabas and 1979 Qainat, Iran earthquakes from long-period surface waves" (PDF). Bulletin of the...
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list compiles known earthquakes that have caused one or more fatalities since 1900. The list incorporates high-quality earthquake source (i.e., origin...
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assumes the post of President of Pakistan. The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent)...
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United Nations General Assembly 1975, General Franco's death. 1978, Earthquake in Tabas, Iran, in which more than 20,000 died. 1980's, African civil wars...
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172–186, 209, 210 Berberian, M. (1979), "Tabas-e-Golshan (Iran) catastrohic earthquake of 16 September 1978; A preliminary report" (PDF), Disasters, 2...
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massacre by Iranian army provoked 88 deaths. 16 September – The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affected central Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent)...
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Built and donated 130 houses for the earthquake victimes of Tabas in 1978. Built and donated 24 houses for the earthquake victimes of Feiz abad, Gha'enat in...
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Kabir (Menār-e Kabir) was an eleventh century brick minaret, located in Tabas (a desert city in central Iran), constructed during the Seljuk Empire. The...
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Mansour; Kanamori, Hiroo (1981). "Source parameters of 1978 Tabas and 1979 Qainat, Iran earthquakes from long-period surface waves" (PDF). Bulletin of the...
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the oldest arch dams in Asia. It was constructed some 700 years ago in Tabas county, South Khorasan Province, Iran. It stands 60 meters tall, and in...
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trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir. 1978 – The 7.4 Mw Tabas earthquake affects the city of Tabas, Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX...
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named the United Nations special envoy to Haiti. After the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Clinton founded the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund with George W. Bush and Barack...
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Point collapsed and imploded inwards in just 10 to 15 seconds during an earthquake. It was later demolished in May 2005 after Hilton Hotels constructed a...
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destroyed DHC-8 was set to provide support in the response to the Noto earthquake the day prior. January 5 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1282, a Boeing 737 MAX...
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On 21 July 365 AD, Alexandria was devastated by a tsunami (365 Crete earthquake), an event annually commemorated years later as a "day of horror". In...
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Zweiri, Mahjoob (2006). "The Hamas Victory: Shifting Sands or Major Earthquake?". Third World Quarterly. 27 (4): 675–87. doi:10.1080/01436590600720876...
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which operate in the occupied territories. The move was described as an "earthquake" by an Israeli official who wished to remain anonymous, and prompted harsh...
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January 2012 at the Wayback Machine 8 September 2010. "Gaza 'looks like earthquake zone'". BBC News. 20 January 2009. Archived from the original on 25 January...
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released from prison in South Africa. October 17 – The 6.9 Mw Loma Prieta earthquake shakes the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Coast with a maximum...
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2009. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. "Gaza 'looks like earthquake zone'". BBC. 19 January 2009 "Gaza: Humanitarian situation". BBC News...
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collided with was participating in relief efforts following the 2024 Noto earthquake the previous day. In July 2000, a hijacker stormed the cockpit of a Royal...
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the first rendezvous point in the Great Salt Desert of Eastern Iran, near Tabas, and causes serious mechanical damage to a third, prompting commanders to...
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The Times of Israel's Middle East analyst Avi Issacharoff called it an earthquake for Palestinians, and stated that while the Palestinians are not going...
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feet (79 m) below the neighborhood, suddenly gave way. An 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey at 4:57 in the afternoon local time, with an epicenter at...
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Operation Frankton, a raid on shipping in Bordeaux harbour. 1944 – An earthquake along the coast of Wakayama Prefecture in Japan causes a tsunami which...
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