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IRAN<br />
CHARAmSTICS OF THE DISASTER<br />
EVENT:<br />
DATE-TIME:<br />
LOCATIONS:<br />
Earthquakes<br />
August 31, 1968 - 1047 hours Gm (217 p.m. local time)<br />
Sept. 1, 1968 - 0727 hours GMI' (10:57 a.m. local time)<br />
Northeastern Iran Province of Khorassan, including villages<br />
and towns on the Gonabad,Kakh, Ferdows, Dasht-e-Biaz, Qaen<br />
axis.<br />
DISASTER Killed Hospitalized Homeless<br />
VICTIMS: 10,000* 1,000 75,000<br />
* Official Red Lion and Sun estimate as of 11/24/68.<br />
The exact number may never be known. Because of the<br />
danger of epidemics, rescuers gave up trying to recover<br />
bodies several days after the quake. Bulldozers were<br />
ordered to level the ruins, leaving bodies of the dead<br />
buried under them forever.<br />
ESTIMATED<br />
PROPERIT<br />
Homes Destroyed<br />
15,000<br />
Dollar Damage<br />
$30 to $40 million<br />
DAMAGE :<br />
Also destroyed were hospitals, schools, public buildings,<br />
comnunications, roads, and water systems. Losses were<br />
heavy in livestock and stored food supplies.<br />
DESCRIPTIClN OF THE DISASTER:<br />
General Descri~tion<br />
In any major earthquake, it is well to bear in mind its relationship to<br />
the seismic areas of the world. (see seismic map on page 143 .)<br />
Iran sits in the middle of the Alpide belt and has two major quake zones<br />
which are found in and around the country's major mountain ranges--the<br />
Alborz (Elburz), lying north of Tehran, and the Zagros, running in a line
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