Iran - Earthquake
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Disaster Declared: 12/26/2003
Brief Description: On December 26, 2003 at 05:27
am local time, an earthquake struck Kerman Province in southeastern
Iran. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake
measured 6.6 on the Richter scale and had a depth of 10 km.
The epicenter was near the city of Bam, 180 km southeast of
the provincial capital of Kerman and 975 km southeast of Tehran.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs (UN OCHA) reports that an estimated 100,000 to 120,000
people live in Bam and the surrounding villages, all of whom
have been affected by the earthquake.
FY2004
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