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2014 Iran Earthquake
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On August 18th, 2014 an earthquake struck in the Zargos Mountains of Iran with a magnitude of 6.2. It was followed by five main aftershock events, each with a magnitude greater than 5.4. Observations made using InSAR imply that different fault lines were ruptured by the mainshock and the largest aftershock, each leading to different surface deformations. The earthquake injured roughly 250 people and cut off phone lines, water and electricity. Eight villages were hit harder than the rest, each losing around half of the homes in the area.

After my initial edit I went back into the article and included the following information: This area had not seen a large seismic event ever since developments in satellite earth observation allowing us to more precisely study earthquakes.[3] Disaster studies indicated that there was a lack of valid and reliable household tools in preperation for the earthquake.[4] Its economy estimated that economic losses were roughly 1% of GDP of the Islamic Republic of Islam.[5]

Plagiarism:

I worked on a stub article and was able to assess that no plagiarism was used on any of the existing information from the original article.

The original article stated that the earthquake was registered at a magnitude of 5.6, but i have found a news article and a peer reviewed article both stating that there was another earthquake in Iran 2 months earlier with a magnitude of 6.2.

Doublet Earthquake
Earthquake hazard assessments generally do not include the possibility of a doublet earthquake.

In earthquake prone regions officials do not plan on doublet earthquakes occurring since they are a rare occurrence. However, when they do occur they have a high disaster potential.

A relatively recent doublet earthquake occurred late in 2006 and early in 2007 in the Kuril Islands of Japan, which had not had a large scale earthquake since 1915. The first earthquake took place on November 15th and was of magnitude 8.3. Shortly after this seismic activity began in the Pacific plate where the second earthquake would take place on January 13th, measuring a magnitude of 8.1. There was only 1 reported injury from the first earthquake and no reported injuries from the second earthquake. However, each earthquake caused a tsunami and the earthquake on November 15th created a tsunami that reached the coast of California causing $500,000- $1,000,000 in damages.

Aftershocks gradually diminish in magnitude and generally come from the same origin as a mainshock, whereas doublet earthquakes originate from a place other than the original earthquake.

Plagiarism: I looked through the previous information and compared it with the articles that were listed as the references and determined that no plagiarism had been used on the original article.

Curry Fire
Plagiarism: The original article only contained one sentence and it was not plagiarized.

The fire temporarily shut down part of highway 198, but there were no reported injuries from the fire and no buildings were damaged. However, there was one firefighter who had to be treated for overheating by EMS. The fire started burning on July 1st, 2016 in the Curry Mountains seven miles southwest of Coalinga. The cause of the fire is still unknown. On July 3rd the Fresno Country Sheriff's Department issued an evacuation warning for areas near the Monterey/Fresno county line. Cal Fire officials strongly urged local residents to only use fireworks with the State Fire Marshall Seal of Approval to help prevent more fires in the area.