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M7.2 - Aegean Sea, 1981
Damage on Lesvos and Skiros and in western Turkey. Felt strongly in many parts of Greece. Also felt in southern Bulgaria.
M5.8 - Central Iran, 1977
The earthquake was centered in the Kerman Province, near Zarland, about 700 kilometers southeast of Tehran. The town of Zarland and surrounding villages were the hardest hit; some of the villages were completely destroyed. The earthquake struck at 3:00 a.m. when most people were sleeping, which added to the death toll. This was the fourth destructive earthquake to hit Iran this year.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1977, and Earthquake Information Bulletin, Volume 10, Number 3.
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