"It's quite a remote area but it is a very active earthquake region ."
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The flexible properties of the asphalt make such dams especially suited in earthquake regions.
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The first injured were taken on small planes and helicopters from the earthquake region to this city.
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"But when we have something to do quickly, it's done, and the whole earthquake region is a cultural treasure ."
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Kvam said the Afghanistan Red Crescent Society, which has offices throughout the earthquake region, has been able to confirm at least 1, 500 dead.
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The decision was taken on the basis of " a change in the requirements " in the earthquake region, a spokeswoman said on customary condition of anonymity.
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Kvam said the Afghanistan Red Crescent Society, which has offices throughout the earthquake region, has reported it has been able to confirm at least 1, 500 dead.
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The German Red Cross was sending dog rescue teams and a surgeon from Hamburg and Stuttgart to the earthquake region, as well as transferring ambulances from Skopje, Macedonia.
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U . S . Geological Survey maps of the United States depict several states as free of designated earthquake regions : Florida, Mississippi, North Dakota, Minnesota and Michigan.
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The other immediate beneficiaries of the disaster were the " konbini, " as convenience stores are known here, for those in the earthquake region immediately sold out of all their food.
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