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Bam earthquake  

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  • At approximately 5:26 A.M. local time on December 26, 2003, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck the historic, ancient city of Bam in southeast Iran. Over 40,000 people—almost half the total population of the city—died that day. [Source: Encyclopedia of Disaster Relief; Bam Earthquake (2003)]

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  • 2003

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Bam_earthquake

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