Date in year · 1957 · The 1950s
On December 13, 1957, the Mw 6.5 Farsinaj earthquake strikes Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII, causing at least 1,119 deaths and damaging over 5,000 homes. Mukesh Ambani, Hervé Le Tellier, Herbert Wetterauer would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · December 13, 1957
An earthquake struck Hamadan province, Iran on 13 December 1957 at 05:15. 3 mi). The epicenter of the earthquake was located in the seismically active Zagros Mountains.
Around 1957
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.
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An earthquake struck Hamadan province, Iran on 13 December 1957 at 05:15. 3 mi). The epicenter of the earthquake was located in the seismically active Zagros Mountains.
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