A street here is lined with damaged houses, in the wake of a catastrophic earthquake which hit the Erzurum area of Eastern Turkey 8/19. The quake wiped about a score of villages off the face of the earth, and laid waste to four provinces in five minutes. Estimates of casualties ran into the thousands.

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A street here is lined with damaged houses, in the wake of a catastrophic earthquake which hit the Erzurum area of Eastern Turkey 8/19. The quake wiped about a score of villages off the face of the earth, and laid waste to four provinces in five minutes. Estimates of casualties ran into the thousands.

United Press International · [ca. August 1966]

RightsCC0 — Public Domain

CollectionDigital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

[Information from item housing] Earthquakes Misc

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