Word: temblor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Notwithstanding the religious imagery, what characterized the first few hours after a savage temblor struck northern Iran last week was the stunning silence. Not until 7 a.m. or so, 6 1/2 hours after the quake, did Iran radio begin to report the damage suffered overnight in the fertile agricultural belt along the Caspian Sea. First accounts spoke of 50 dead, but the number soon mounted geometrically. By noon, it was 1,000; by evening, 10,000; by midnight, 25,000. By the next day, it was 45,000, plus 130,000 injured. There were fears that the final death toll...