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1929 Kopet Dag earthquake

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occurred for more than four years after, including one in July 1929 that killed several more people, before finally subsiding in 1933. Fifty-seven diverse locations reported damage, including casualties in
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Within the epicentral area, 3,250 people were killed. Eighty-eight villages in the region were damaged or destroyed, along with damage at
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on 1 May with a moment magnitude of 7.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (
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area of Iran and caused up to 3,800 casualties along the
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indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths
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Earthquake centered on the Iran-Turkmenistan border
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1929 Kopet Dag earthquake is located in Iran
UTC
ISC
908052
ANSS
ComCat
Mw
38°07′N 57°44′E / 38.12°N 57.74°E / 38.12; 57.74
Oblique
thrust
Iran
MMI IX (Violent)
UTC
Kopet Dag
Iran-Turkmenistan border
Bojnourd
Aftershocks
Ashgabat
List of earthquakes in 1929
List of earthquakes in Iran



ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009)
International Seismological Centre
Ambraseys, N. N.
A History of Persian Earthquakes
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
978-0521021876

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