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THE Dashti Biaz earthquake of August 31, 1968, occurred at the east-central part of Iran, in the province of Khorassan, not far from where earlier shocks had caused damage in 1939, 1941, 1947 and 1962. The magnitude of the shock was 7.3 and preliminary focal depth determinations indicate a very shallow focus, less than 15 km. Fig. 1 shows the approximate location of the stronger aftershocks, the largest of which occurred on September 1 and showed a magnitude of 6.3. The earthquake caused extensive damage over an area of 4,000 km2.
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AMBRASEYS, N., TCHALENKO, J. Dashti Biaz, Iran, Earthquake of August 1968. Nature 220, 903–904 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1038/220903a0
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