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1947 Isahaya Rain and Madslide vs 1948 Ashgabat earthquake

1947 Isahaya Rain and Madslide
1948 Ashgabat earthquake
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1947 Isahaya Rain and Madslide

Total costsN/A
Deaths 992
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1948 Ashgabat earthquake

Total costsN/A
Deaths 110000

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The 1948 Ashgabat earthquake (Turkmen: 1948 Ашгабат ертитремеси, romanized: 1948 Aşgabat ýertitremesi; Russian: Ашхабадское землетрясение 1948 года, romanized: Ashkhabadskoye zemletryasenie 1948 goda) was on 6 October with a surface wave magnitude of 7.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), in Turkmenistan near Ashgabat. Due to censorship by the Soviet government, the event was not widely reported in the USSR's media. Historians tend to agree that the ban on reporting the extent of the casualties and damage did not allow the Soviet government to allocate enough financial resources to adequately respond. It was the strongest earthquake recorded in Turkmenistan.

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