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that accommodate part of the shortening across the Kopet Dag and extension along its length. It has an estimated displacement rate of about 1.5 mm per year. The damage areas of the sequence of earthquakes that affected the Quchan area between 1851 and 1895 follow the projected path of the Quchan
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Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (1972).
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394:"Large-scale velocity field and strain tensor in Iran inferred from GPS measurements: new insight for the present-day deformation pattern within NE Iran"
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The winter that followed the earthquake was unusually severe, causing many further deaths. Just over a year later, on
January 17, 1895, Quchan was again
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construction had survived the 1893 event and new houses were generally of wooden construction.
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itself and there were an estimated 18,000 casualties.
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225:. To the west it links with the
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262:. It was preceded by a strong
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1411:893 Ardabil
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250:Earthquake
168:Casualties
126:37.2; 58.4
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