A Sea of Ruins After The Earth Shook--The shadow of the photographer's plane moves across acres of levelled buildings in the eastern Iranian town of Kakhk today in the wake of the disastrous earthquake which struck three days ago. The death toll in the region is estimated officially at 11,000 to 11,600.

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A Sea of Ruins After The Earth Shook--The shadow of the photographer's plane moves across acres of levelled buildings in the eastern Iranian town of Kakhk today in the wake of the disastrous earthquake which struck three days ago. The death toll in the region is estimated officially at 11,000 to 11,600.

Associated Press · [ca. September 1968]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Earthquakes 1968

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