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After Iran-Iraq earthquake, seismologists work to fill in fault map of the region

  • Written by Amir Salaree, Ph.D. Candidate in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University
imageEarthquake survivors are living in tents in western Iran.AP Photo/Vahid Salemi

With a magnitude of 7.3, the Nov. 12, 2017 earthquake that shook the border region between Iran and Iraq is among the largest ever recorded in this area. Seismologists know it resulted from the pressure built up between the colliding Arabian and Eurasian plates of the...

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