Talk:1972 Qir earthquake

A fact from 1972 Qir earthquake appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 August 2012 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that two-thirds of the population of the town of Qir in Iran were killed by an earthquake in 1972?

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