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GENEVA (AFP) Feb 04, 2004 A traditional 40-day mourning period for the 43,000 people who died in Iran's devastating earthquake ended Wednesday and the rubble where houses once stood can now be shifted, the international Red Cross said. Iran earthquake killed 43,000: new official toll TEHRAN (AFP) Feb 04, 2004 The earthquake which devastated the southeast Iranian city of Bam on December 26 caused 43,000 deaths, making it the deadliest in the world for more than 27 years, according to a new official toll Wednesday. |
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Strong quake jolts northern Japan TOKYO (AFP) Feb 04, 2004 A strong earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale struck northern Japan Wednesday, the meteorological agency said. Undersea quake rocks Taiwan, no damage reported TAIPEI (AFP) Feb 04, 2004 An undersea earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted Taiwan Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, seismologists said. Undersea quake rocks Taiwan, no damage reported damage TAIPEI (AFP) Feb 04, 2004 An undersea earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale jolted Taiwan Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, seismologists said. Earthquake off Russia's far eastern coast MOSCOW (AFP) Feb 01, 2004 An earthquake measuring up to 4.7 on the Richter scale rocked Pacific waters off Russia's Far Eastern Kamchatka peninsula early Sunday, local emergency officials said. Two moderate earthquakes jolt Taiwan TAIPEI (AFP) Jan 30, 2004 Two moderate earthquakes jolted eastern and northeastern Taiwan Friday, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. Twelve killed, two missing in Indonesian landslide JAKARTA (AFP) Jan 30, 2004 Twelve people have been killed and two are missing after landslides hit a district in Indonesia's Central Java province early Friday, an official said. |
Three killed, 10 missing in Indonesian landslide JAKARTA (AFP) Jan 30, 2004 Three people have been killed and 10 are missing after a landslide hit a district in Indonesia's Central Java province early Friday, police said. Strong earthquake rocks Indonesia's Maluku province JAKARTA (AFP) Jan 29, 2004 A powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale shook parts of the Maluku islands in eastern Indonesia Thursday but officials said there were no immediate reports of tidal waves or casualties. Two moderate earthquakes jolt southern Taiwan TAIPEI (AFP) Jan 29, 2004 Two moderate earthquakes jolted southern Taiwan Thursday, a seismologists said, but there were no reports of damage or casualties. Quake jolts southern Iran TEHRAN (AFP) Jan 28, 2004 A moderate earthquake measuring 5.0 on the open-ended Richter scale shook an area in Iran's southern province of Hormozgan on Wednesday, the state news agency IRNA said. Mild tremor jolts Bangladesh port city, no casualty reports DHAKA (AFP) Jan 28, 2004 A mild earthquake jolted Bangladesh's southeastern port city of Chittagong Wednesday, but there were no reports of casualties or damage, officials said. Hundreds evacuated in the Netherlands after breach found in dam STEIN, Netherlands (AFP) Jan 27, 2004 Some 300 people were evacuated Tuesday in this southern Dutch town after a breach was discovered in a dyke along the Juliana canal, local officials said. |
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