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2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake

2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake
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On 12 November 2017 at 18:18 UTC, an earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.4 occurred on the Iran–Iraq border, with the Iraqi Kurdish city of Halabja, and the Kurdish dominated places of Ezgeleh, Salas-e Babajani County, Kermanshah province in Iran, closest to the epicentre, 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the city…

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Timeline

  1. 2016 Ecuador earthquakeApril 16, 2016
  2. 2016 Kaohsiung earthquakeFebruary 6, 2016
  3. 2016 Kumamoto earthquakesApril 2016
  4. 2017 Central Mexico earthquakeSeptember 19, 2017
  5. 2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake (this page)November 12, 2017
  6. 2017 Oaxaca and Chiapas EarthquakeSeptember 7, 2017

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