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FOR the second time recently Turkey has been stricken by a disastrous earthquake. On September 22, the epicentre was near Smyrna (NATURE, September 30, p. 589). Now, on the morning of November 23, an intense shock destroyed at least six villages in Anatolia. Eighteen people are known to have been killed, but complete news is not yet available since telegraphic and other communications were interrupted by the earthquake.
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Earthquake in Turkey. Nature 144, 938 (1939). https://doi.org/10.1038/144938b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/144938b0