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Magnitude 6.6 - SOUTHEASTERN IRAN
2003 December 26 01:56:52 UTC
Quake destroys historic Silk Road city Bam, Iran - December 26 2003, 5:27 AM
A powerful earthquake struck southeastern Iran on December 26, 2003, killing over 43,000 people, injured 20,000, left 60,000 homeless and destroyed much of the city of Bam. The USGS National Earthquake information center is reported a magnitude of 6.6 for the quake, which was located just southwest of the city. About 60 percent of the buildings in Bam were destroyed. The old quarter and a 2,000-year-old citadel (severely damaged by the earthquake) were built primarily of mud brick.


Magnitude 8.9 OFF W COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA
Sunday, December 26, 2004 at 00:58:50 UTC
Largest earthquake in 40 years spawns massive tidal waves in Asia, killing more than 2,200
Associated Press, Sun December 26, 2004 04:59 EST . LELY T. DJUHARI - Associated Press Writer - Government and hospital officials both in Sri Lanka - and India said 1,000 people had been killed in each of those countries. More than 200 were reported killed in Indonesia, 61 in Thailand and 10 in Malaysia. Hundreds were reported missing, and the death toll was expected to rise.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake was a magnitude-8.9. Geophysicist Julie Martinez said it was the world's fifth-largest since 1900 and the largest since a 9.2 quake hit Prince William Sound Alaska in 1964.

The effects of the quake reverberated throughout the region, as waves as high as 20 feet crashed into coastal villages over a wide area.

In Sri Lanka - some 1,000 miles west of the quake's epicenter officials and hospital doctors said 1,000 people had died. They warned that the death toll was likely to rise. Military spokesman Brig. Daya Ratnayake confirmed up to 500 had died. He said a higher toll would not surprise him.

A wall of water slammed into southern India, killing about 1,000 people, mostly in Tamil Nadu state, Home Minister Shivraj Patil said.
-/பெயரிலி. பதிகை @ 11/24/2004 01:43:00 PM