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M6.9 - Montenegro, 1979
At least 121 people reported killed, more than 1,000 injured, 100,000 reported homeless, and extensive damage along the southwestern coast of Yugoslavia. Thirty-five people killed, 400 injured, and extensive damage in northern Albania. Also felt over a wide area of Europe. Tsunami reported in Kotor Bay causing considerable damage. A number of aftershocks followed, one reaching a magnitude 6. Many of the aftershocks caused additional damage and injuries.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World 1979, and Earthquake Information Bulletin, Volume 11, Number 5.
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