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THESE still continue in considerable numbers and some reach a high intensity. In the Erzinjan area the two villages of Besin and Pulur were destroyed by a shock which killed forty-five people and injured many more on February 3. On February 4, tremors were felt at Ankara, Sivas and Zara, and a village was destroyed, killing ten people and seriously injuring three others.
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Aftershocks of the Earthquake in Turkey. Nature 145, 259 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145259d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/145259d0