USGS · 70169179
Earthquakes, September-October 1978
Abstract
The months of September and October were somewhat quiet seismically speaking. One major earthquake, magnitude (M) 7.7 occurred in Iran on September 16. In Germany, a magntidue 5.0 earthquake caused damage and considerable alarm to many people in parts of that country. In the United States, the largest earthquake occurred along the California-Nevada border region.
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W. J. Person. 1979. Earthquakes, September-October 1978. https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/70169179
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