An <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_Ardabil_earthquake" id="mwsA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1997 Ardabil earthquake">earthquake</a> in northern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran" id="mwsQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Iran">Iran</a> is responsible for about 1,100 deaths.<sup about="#mwt101" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-19"}}' id="cite_ref-19" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_28#cite_note-19" id="mwsg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 19;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwsw">[19]</span></a></sup>
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