1929 Baghan-Gifan earthquake
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The 1929 Koppeh Dagh earthquake took place at 15:37 UTC
on May 1, 1929, in the Kopet Dag
region of Iran
. It caused 3,800 casualties along the Turkmenistan-Iran border and devastated the epicentral area.
s occurred for more than four years after, including one in July 1929 that killed several more people, before finally subsiding in 1933. 57 diverse locations reported damage, including casualties in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
.
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on May 1, 1929, in the Kopet Dag
Kopet Dag
The Kopet Dag, Kopet Dagh, or Koppeh Dagh , also known as the Turkmen-Khorasan Mountain Range is a mountain range on the frontier between Turkmenistan and Iran, extending about 650 km along the border, east of the Caspian Sea. The highest peak of the range in Turkmenistan is southwest of the...
region of Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. It caused 3,800 casualties along the Turkmenistan-Iran border and devastated the epicentral area.
Damage and casualties
Within the epicentral area, 3,250 people were killed. 88 villages in the region were damaged or destroyed, along with damage at Bojnourd. AftershockAftershock
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s occurred for more than four years after, including one in July 1929 that killed several more people, before finally subsiding in 1933. 57 diverse locations reported damage, including casualties in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan , formerly also known as Turkmenia is one of the Turkic states in Central Asia. Until 1991, it was a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic . Turkmenistan is one of the six independent Turkic states...
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