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DESTRUCTIVE earthquakes have recently visited the Persian province of Mazanderan that lies along the southern border of the Caspian Sea. The first shock occurred on April 12, and was followed by others of greater severity during the next few days. It is stated (The Times, April 24 and 27) that 28 villages have been destroyed and about 600 persons killed. The province is one that is seldom disturbed by great earthquakes, though it lies near the important centres of Teheran and Resht. Sir Arnold Wilson, in his valuable paper on earthquakes in Persia (Bull. Sch. Oriental Studies, 6, 103-131; 1930), records two earthquakes in Mazanderan, in 1802 and 1820, that have hitherto escaped the attention of seismologists. By the earlier shock, 70 towns and villages were destroyed, while the towns of Semnan and Damghan, to the south of the province, were seriously damaged.
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Earthquakes in Persia. Nature 135, 758–759 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/135758c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/135758c0