List of earthquakes in Iran
Iran is one of the most seismically active countries in the world, being crossed by several major faults that cover at least 90% of the country.[1] As a result, earthquakes in Iran occur often and are destructive.
Earthquakes in Iran from 1990 to 2006, by United States Geological Survey
Iran Faults
Geology and history
The Iranian plateau is subject to most types of tectonic activity, including active folding, faulting and volcanic eruptions. It is well known for its long history of disastrous earthquake activity. Not only have these earthquakes killed thousands, but they have also led to waste of valuable natural resources.[2] Since 1900, at least 126,000 fatalities have resulted from earthquakes in Iran.[2] In addition, the Iranian Plate is bordered by the Indian Plate (to the southeast), the Eurasian Plate (to the north), and the Arabian Plate (to the south and west), which is where the Zagros fold and thrust belt (an ancient subduction zone) lies.
Earthquakes
| Date | Province | Mag. | MMI | Deaths | Injuries | Total damage/notes | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-17 | Hormozgan | 5.5 Mw | [3] | ||||
| 2023-01-28 | West Azerbaijan | 5.9 Mw | VII | 3 | 1,750 | Widespread damage | [4] |
| 2023-01-18 | West Azerbaijan | 5.7 Mw | VII | 252 | Severe damage | [5] | |
| 2022-10-05 | West Azerbaijan | 5.6 Mw | VII | 1,127 | Severe damage | [6] | |
| 2022-07-23 | Hormozgan | 5.6 Mw | VII | 1 | Further damage | [7][8] | |
| 2022-07-03 | Gilan | 4.3 Mw | 1 | Minor damage | [9][10] | ||
| 2022-07-01 | Hormozgan | 6.0 Mw | VII | 7 | 111 | Severe damage/doublet | [11][12] |
| 2022-06-25 | Hormozgan | 5.6 Mw | VII | 1 | 37 | [13] | |
| 2022-04-23 | Fars | 4.4 Mw | VI | 1 | Minor damage | [14][15] | |
| 2022-03-20 | Fars | 4.7 Mw | VII | 2 | Minor damage | [16][17] | |
| 2022-03-16 | Hormozgan | 5.9 Mw | VII | 2 | Minor damage | [18][19] | |
| 2022-01-23 | East Azerbaijan | 4.0 Mw | VII | 1 | Minor damage | [20] | |
| 2021-11-14 | Hormozgan | 6.4 Mw | IX | 2 | 98 | Doublet | [21][22] |
| 2020-05-07 | Tehran | 4.6 Mw | V | 2 | 38 | [23][24] | |
| 2020-02-23 | West Azerbaijan | 5.7 Mw | VII | 10 | 125 | [25] | |
| 2019-11-07 | East Azerbaijan | 5.9 Mw | VIII | 7 | 584 | [26] | |
| 2019-07-08 | Khuzestan | 5.7 Mw | VII | 1 | 100 | [27] | |
| 2018-11-25 | Kermanshah | 6.3 Mw | VIII | 1 | 761 | Aftershock | |
| 2018-08-25 | Kermanshah | 6.0 Mw | VII | 3 | 243 | Aftershock | |
| 2017-12-20 | Tehran | 5.2 Mw | VI | 2 | 97 | 4.0 Mw aftershock: 1 dead, 75 injured | |
| 2017-11-12 | Kermanshah | 7.3 Mw | VIII | 630 | 8,435 | ||
| 2017-05-13 | North Khorasan | 5.6 Mw | VII | 3 | 370 | ||
| 2017-04-05 | Khorasan-e Razavi | 6.1 Mw | VII | 2 | 34 | ||
| 2017-01-06 | Fars | 5.0 Mw | VI | 4 | 5 | ||
| 2014-08-18 | Ilam | 6.2 Mw | VIII | 60–330 | |||
| 2013-11-28 | Bushehr | 5.6 Mw | VII | 7 | 45 | ||
| 2013-04-13 | Sistan and Baluchestan | 7.7 Mw | VII | 35 | 117 | ||
| 2013-04-09 | Bushehr | 6.3 Mw | 37 | 850 | |||
| 2012-08-11 | East Azerbaijan | 6.4 Mw | VIII | 306 | 3,037 | Doublet | |
| 2012-08-11 | East Azerbaijan | 6.3 Mw | Doublet | ||||
| 2011-06-15 | Kerman | 5.3 | 2 | ||||
| 2010-12-20 | Kerman | 6.5 Mw | IX | 11 | 100 | ||
| 2010-08-27 | Semnan | 5.8 Mw | VII | 4 | 40 | 800 displaced | |
| 2010-07-30 | Razavi Khorasan | 5.5 Mw | VI | 274 | Severe damage | ||
| 2008-09-10 | Qeshm | 5.9 Mw | 7 | 45 | |||
| 2006-03-31 | Lorestan | 6.1 Mw | VIII | 63–70+ | 1,246–1,418 | ||
| 2005-11-27 | Qeshm | 5.8 Mw | VII | 13 | 100 | ||
| 2005-02-22 | Kerman | 6.4 Mw | VIII | 612 | 1,411 | ||
| 2004-05-28 | Māzandarān | 6.3 Mw | VIII | 35 | 278–400 | $15.4 million | |
| 2003-12-26 | Kerman | 6.6 Mw | IX | 26,271 | 22,628–30,000 | 45,000–75,600 displaced | |
| 2002-06-22 | Qazvin | 6.3 Mw | VIII | 261 | 1,500 | ||
| 1999-03-04 | Kerman | 6.6 Mw | VII | 1 | 517 houses damaged | [28] | |
| 1998-03-14 | Kerman | 6.6 Mw | VIII | 5 | 50 | [29] | |
| 1997-05-10 | South Khorasan | 7.3 Mw | X | 1,567 | 2,300 | ||
| 1997-02-28 | Ardabil | 6.1 Mw | VIII | 1,100 | 2,600 | ||
| 1997-02-04 | North Khorasan | 6.5 Mw | VIII | 100 | 1,948 | ||
| 1990-06-20 | Gilan | 7.4 Mw | X | 35,000–50,000 | 60,000–105,000 | ||
| 1981-07-28 | Kerman | 7.1 Ms | IX | 1,500 | 1,000 | ||
| 1981-06-11 | Kerman | 6.6 Mw | VIII+ | 1,400–3,000 | many | ||
| 1979-11-14 | South Khorasan | 6.8 Mw | VIII | 297–440 | |||
| 1978-09-16 | South Khorasan | 7.4 Mw | IX | 15,000–25,000 | |||
| 1977-12-19 | Kerman | 5.9 Mw | VII | 584–665 | |||
| 1977-04-06 | Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari | 6.0 Mw | VIII | 348–366 | |||
| 1977-03-21 | Hormozgan | 7.0 Ms | VIII | 152–167 | |||
| 1972-04-10 | Fars | 6.7 Mw | IX | 5,374 | 1,710 | ||
| 1970-07-30 | Khorasan | 6.4 | 175 | 450 | [30][31] | ||
| 1968-08-31 | South Khorasan | 7.4 Mw | X | 15,000 | |||
| 1968-09-01 | South Khorasan | 6.4 Mw | 900 | ||||
| 1965-02-10 | East Azerbaijan | 5.1 | 20 | ||||
| 1962-09-01 | Qazvin | 7.1 ML | IX | 12,225 | 2,776 | ||
| 1960-04-24 | Fars | 6.0 Muk | 420 | [32] | |||
| 1958-08-16 | Hamadan | 6.7 Muk | 132 | [32] | |||
| 1957-12-13 | Kermanshah | 7.1 | 1,130 | ||||
| 1957-07-02 | Māzandarān | 7.1 | 1,200 | ||||
| 1953-02-12 | Semnan | 6.6 Mw | VIII | 800–973 | 140 | ||
| 1947-08-05 | South Khorasan | 7.3 | 500 | ||||
| 1932-05-20 | Māzandarān | 5.4 Muk | VIII | 1,070 | [32] | ||
| 1930-05-07 | West Azerbaijan | 7.1 Mw | IX | 1,360–3,000 | |||
| 1929-05-01 | Khorasan-e Razavi | 7.2 Mw | IX | 3,257–3,800 | 1,121 | ||
| 1923-05-25 | Khorasan-e Razavi | 5.9 Mw | VII+ | 2,200 | More than 7 villages destroyed | [33] | |
| 1909-01-23 | Lorestan | 7.3 ML | IX | 6,000–8,000 | |||
| 1895-01-17 | Khorasan-e Razavi | 6.8 Ms | VIII | 1,000–11,000 | |||
| 1893-11-17 | Khorasan-e Razavi | 6.6 Ms | X | 18,000 | [34] | ||
| 1864-01-17 | Kerman | VIII | Many | [32] | |||
| 1853-05-05 | Fars | IX | 9,000–13,000 | [32] | |||
| 1778-12-15 | Kashan | 6.2 Ms | >8,000 | [34] | |||
| 1755-06-07 | Isfahan | 40,000 | |||||
| 1727-11-18 | East Azerbaijan | VIII | 77,000 | ||||
| 1721-04-26 | East Azerbaijan | 7.7 Ms | VIII–X | 8,000–250,000 | |||
| 1679-06-04 | Yerevan, Armenia | 6.4 Ms | IX–X | 7,600 | Under Iranian rule at the time | ||
| 1667-11-25 | Shamakhi, Azerbaijan | 6.9 Ms | X | 80,000 | Under Iranian rule at the time | ||
| 1641-02-05 | Tabriz, East Azerbaijan | 6.8 Ms | IX | 30,000 | Tabriz completely destroyed | ||
| 1101-??-?? | Khorasan-e Razavi | 6.5 Muk | X | 60,000 | [35] | ||
| 1042-08-21 | East Azerbaijan | 7.6 | 40,000 | ||||
| 1008-04-11 | Bushehr | 6.5 Ms | 16,000 | [35] | |||
| 978-06-17 | Bushehr | 5.3 Ms | 2,000 | [35] | |||
| 893-03-23 | Ardabil | 150,000 | See also 893 Dvin earthquake | ||||
| 856-12-22 | Semnan | 7.9 Ms | X | 200,000 | |||
| 850-07-15 | Tehran | 45,000 | [35] | ||||
| 743-??-?? | Semnan | 7.2 Ms | IX | [35] | |||
| 662-04-26 | Semnan | 40,000 | [35] | ||||
| 400? BCE | Tehran | 7.6 | [35] | ||||
| Note: Mw = moment magnitude scale, Ms = surface wave magnitude, and Muk = unknown. The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded. | |||||||
See also
References
- "Preliminary Earthquake Reconnaissance Report on the June 22, 2002 Changureh (Avaj), Iran Earthquake". International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology. 2002-07-19. Archived from the original on March 25, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2008.
- Manuel Berberian. "100 years; 126,000 deaths". The Iranian.
- "Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes southern Iran - GFZ". Reuters. 2023-10-17. Retrieved 2023-10-18.
- National Earthquake Information Center (28 January 2023). "M 5.9 - 14 km SSW of Khowy, Iran". United States Geological Survey.
- "M 5.8 - Turkey-Iran border region". United States Geological Survey. 18 January 2023.
- "M 5.6 - 8 km ESE of Khowy, Iran". United States Geological Survey. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- "M 5.6 - 69 km NE of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran". earthquake.usgs.gov. 23 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- "مصدوم زلزله هرمزگان". ghatreh (in Persian). 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- "M 4.3 - NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN IRAN - 2022-07-03 14:05:33 UTC". European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.
- "زلزله گیلان یک مصدوم بر جای گذاشت" [The Gilan earthquake left one injured]. yjc.news (in Persian).
- "M 6.0 - 55 km NE of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran". earthquake.usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- "M 6.0 - 57 km NE of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran". earthquake.usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- "M 5.6 - 30 km NE of Kīsh, Iran". earthquake.usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- "M 4.4 - 30 km E of Kāzerūn, Iran". earthquake.usgs.gov.
- "وقوع زلزله در منطقه خان زنیان، تاکنون یک مصدوم داشت". sums.ac.ir (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- "M 4.7 - 91 km SE of Dārāb, Iran". earthquake.usgs.gov.
- "زلزله داراب فارس ۲ مصدوم داشت" [Darab Fars earthquake had 2 casualties]. www.irna.ir (in Persian).
- "M 5.8 - 57 km NNW of Bandar e-Lengeh, Iran". earthquake.usgs.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-03-16. Retrieved 2022-03-17.
- "See | The latest details of the Hormozgan earthquake 2 outpatient injured were treated". hamshahrionline.com (in Persian). 17 March 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-03-22. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- "M 4.0 - 10 km NW of Tabriz, Iran". earthquake.usgs.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-01-23. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- "Dubai and Abu Dhabi feel tremors from 6.2 magnitude quake in Iran". The National. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- "Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Islamic Republic of Iran on 14 Nov 2021 12:08 UTC". www.gdacs.org. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- "M 4.6 - 2km WNW of Damavand, Iran". USGS. Retrieved 2020-05-09.
- "Moderate Iran quake kills two, draws many into Tehran streets". Reuters. 8 May 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
- "5.7 - 25km SE of Saray, Turkey". USGS. 2020-02-23.
- APA.az (2019-11-09). "Number of wounded reaches 529 in quake in Eastern Azerbaijan province of Iran". apa.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2019-11-09.
- "M 5.6 - 31 km SE of Masjed Soleym?n, Iran". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
- "M 6.6 - 110 km SSE of K?h Sef?d, Iran". earthquake.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- Berberian 2014, p. 617
- "Quake Levels Iranian Villages", Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 31, 1970, p1
- "M 6.4 - 52 km NE of Kal?leh, Iran". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- NGDC (1972), Significant Earthquake Database (Data Set), National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
- Berberian 2014, p. 593
- Ambraseys N.N.; Melville C.P. (2005). A History of Persian Earthquakes. Cambridge University Press. pp. 53–54, 160. ISBN 9780521021876.
- "NGDC Earthquake Hazard". NGDC.
Sources
- Berberian, M. (2014), Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting on the Iranian Plateau, Developments in Earth Surface Processes (1st ed.), Elsevier, ISBN 978-0444632920
External links
- Latest earthquakes in Iran and adjacent areas Archived 2022-10-20 at the Wayback Machine – Iranian Seismological Center
List of earthquakes in Asia | |
|---|---|
| Sovereign states |
|
| States with limited recognition |
|
| Dependencies and other territories |
|
| |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.