Iran: Earthquake [DHA-03: 13-Feb-97]

Iran: Earthquake [DHA-03: 13-Feb-97]



                              United Nations
                    Department of Humanitarian Affairs

                             IRAN - EARTHQUAKE
                     DHA-GENEVA SITUATION REPORT NO. 3
                             13 FEBRUARY 1997



       1. On 4 February 1997 three earthquakes measuring  5.4, 6.1 and
       4.0 on the Richter scale  rocked Northern Khorasan, and to date
       the area has experienced more than 420 aftershocks.



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