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TEHRAN (AFP) Dec 26, 2003 A major earthquake hit southeast Iran early Friday killing "very many" people and destroying the historic quarter of the city of Bam, Kerman province Governor Mohamed Ali Karimi told Iranian radio. Many dead as major quake hits southeast Iran: governor TEHRAN (AFP) Dec 26, 2003 Many people died early Friday when a major earthquake hit southeast Iran and destroyed the historic quarter of the city of Bam, the governor of Kerman province told Iranian radio. |
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Quake of 6.6 Richter hits southeast Iran: Strasbourg Observatory PARIS (AFP) Dec 26, 2003 A major earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale shook the region around Dadkan in southeast Iran early Friday, the Strasbourg Observatory reported. Quake hits Loyalty islands in the French Pacific NOUMEA (AFP) Dec 26, 2003 An earthquake measuring six degrees on the Richter scale was reported to have hit the French Pacific territory of Loyalty Islands early Friday but officials said there was no panic and that no tidal wave alert was issued. Powerful earthquake off New Zealand coast WELLINGTON (AFP) Dec 26, 2003 An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale was detected deep on the Pacific Ocean floor off the eastern coast of New Zealand Friday. At least four drowned in Turkish floods ANKARA (AFP) Dec 25, 2003 Three villagers and a rescue worker were swept away by flood waters and drowned and a number of others were reported missing when heavy storms caused flooding in and around Antalya in southern Turkey, the news agency Anatolia said Thursday. Child, fireman missing in Turkish floods ANKARA (AFP) Dec 25, 2003 Six people including a child and a fireman were Thursday reported missing in floods in Antalya in southern Turkey, the news agency Anatolia said. Two dead, 75 injured in earthquake off Panama PANAMA CITY (AFP) Dec 25, 2003 At least two people, including a two-week-old infant, were killed and 75 people injured at dawn Thursday when an earthquake shook the Panamanian port city of Puerto Armuelles near the Costa Rican border, Red Cross and civil defense officials said. |
One dead, 75 injured in earthquake off Panama PANAMA CITY (AFP) Dec 25, 2003 At least one person was killed and 75 injured at dawn Thursday by an earthquake off western Panama, Red Cross officials said. Earthquake hits off coast of Panama and Costa Rica SAN JOSE (AFP) Dec 25, 2003 An undersea earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale was recorded at dawn Thursday off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica near the Panamanian border, Costa Rica's Seismological and Vulcanological Observatory reported. Bolivia's emergency services raise flood death toll to 35 LA PAZ (AFP) Dec 24, 2003 The toll from flood waters that inundated parts of central Bolivia was raised to 35 dead and 40 missing Wednesday, as rescue teams found more bodies near a major bridge that was destroyed by the floods Tuesday. Bolivia's emergency services raise flood death toll to 19 LA PAZ (AFP) Dec 24, 2003 The death toll from flood waters that struck central Bolivia on Tuesday was increased to 19 people Wednesday as rescue teams found more bodies near a major bridge that was destroyed in the floods. Floods hit Turkish tourism center ANKARA (AFP) Dec 24, 2003 Heavy rains caused flooding in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Antalya, the country's main tourist region, but there were no casualties, local officials said Wednesday. Tremors rattle northeastern Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA (AFP) Dec 24, 2003 Earth tremors have shaken two towns in northeastern Ethiopia about 15 times since the weekend, seismologists said on Wednesday. |
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