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ON April 13 there were further aftershocks of the Anatolian earthquake of December 26, 1939, in the region originally affected. The shocks were strong and felt as far away as Ankara. Great damage was caused to fifteen villages, six being completely destroyed. Sixteen persons were injured and four children are believed to have been buried beneath the wreckage. In the Caucasus, according to a report in The Times, the River Kars has overflowed, causing damage to the town of Kars. It is conceivable that with such extensive disasters as Turkey has recently suffered there may be some ground tilting even as far distant from the scene of the original disaster as the Caucasus.
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Recent Earthquakes. Nature 145, 666 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145666a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145666a0