List_of_earthquakes_in_Iran

List of earthquakes in Iran

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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

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"M 5.6 - 8 km ESE of Khowy, Iran". United States Geological Survey. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

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"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.

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"M 4.4 - 30 km E of Kāzerūn, Iran". earthquake.usgs.gov.

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"M 4.7 - 91 km SE of Dārāb, Iran". earthquake.usgs.gov.

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"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.

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"M 4.0 - 10 km NW of Tabriz, Iran". earthquake.usgs.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-01-23. Retrieved 2022-01-23.

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"Overall Orange Earthquake alert in Islamic Republic of Iran on 14 Nov 2021 12:08 UTC". www.gdacs.org. Retrieved 2021-11-14.

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"M 4.6 - 2km WNW of Damavand, Iran". USGS. Retrieved 2020-05-09.

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Date	Province	Mag.	MMI	Deaths	Injuries	Total damage/notes	Citations
2023-10-17	Hormozgan	5.5 M_w					^[3]
2023-01-28	West Azerbaijan	5.9 M_w	VII	3	1,750	Widespread damage	^[4]
2023-01-18	West Azerbaijan	5.7 M_w	VII		252	Severe damage	^[5]
2022-10-05	West Azerbaijan	5.6 M_w	VII		1,127	Severe damage	^[6]
2022-07-23	Hormozgan	5.6 M_w	VII		1	Further damage	^[7]^[8]
2022-07-03	Gilan	4.3 M_w			1	Minor damage	^[9]^[10]
2022-07-01	Hormozgan	6.0 M_w	VII	7	111	Severe damage/doublet	^[11]^[12]
2022-06-25	Hormozgan	5.6 M_w	VII	1	37		^[13]
2022-04-23	Fars	4.4 M_w	VI		1	Minor damage	^[14]^[15]
2022-03-20	Fars	4.7 M_w	VII		2	Minor damage	^[16]^[17]
2022-03-16	Hormozgan	5.9 M_w	VII		2	Minor damage	^[18]^[19]
2022-01-23	East Azerbaijan	4.0 M_w	VII		1	Minor damage	^[20]
2021-11-14	Hormozgan	6.4 M_w	IX	2	98	Doublet	^[21]^[22]
2020-05-07	Tehran	4.6 M_w	V	2	38		^[23]^[24]
2020-02-23	West Azerbaijan	5.7 M_w	VII	10	125		^[25]
2019-11-07	East Azerbaijan	5.9 M_w	VIII	7	584		^[26]
2019-07-08	Khuzestan	5.7 M_w	VII	1	100		^[27]
2018-11-25	Kermanshah	6.3 M_w	VIII	1	761	Aftershock
2018-08-25	Kermanshah	6.0 M_w	VII	3	243	Aftershock
2017-12-20	Tehran	5.2 M_w	VI	2	97	4.0 M_w  aftershock: 1 dead, 75 injured
2017-11-12	Kermanshah	7.3 M_w	IX	630	8,435
2017-05-13	North Khorasan	5.6 M_w	VII	3	370
2017-04-05	Khorasan-e Razavi	6.1 M_w	VII	2	34
2017-01-06	Fars	5.0 M_w	VI	4	5
2014-08-18	Ilam	6.2 M_w	VIII		60–330
2013-11-28	Bushehr	5.6 M_w	VII	7	45
2013-04-13	Sistan and Baluchestan	7.7 M_w	VIII	35	117
2013-04-09	Bushehr	6.3 M_w	VIII	37	850
2012-08-11	East Azerbaijan	6.4 M_w	VIII	306	3,037	Doublet
2012-08-11	East Azerbaijan	6.3 M_w				Doublet
2011-06-15	Kerman	5.3		2
2010-12-20	Kerman	6.5 M_w	IX	11	100
2010-08-27	Semnan	5.8 M_w	VII	4	40	800 displaced
2010-07-30	Razavi Khorasan	5.5 M_w	VI		274	Severe damage
2008-09-10	Qeshm	5.9 M_w	VIII	7	45
2006-03-31	Lorestan	6.1 M_w	VIII	63–70+	1,246–1,418
2005-11-27	Qeshm	5.8 M_w	VII	13	100
2005-02-22	Kerman	6.4 M_w	VIII	612	1,411
2004-05-28	Māzandarān	6.3 M_w	VIII	35	278–400	$15.4 million
2003-12-26	Kerman	6.6 M_w	IX	26,271	22,628–30,000	45,000–75,600 displaced
2002-06-22	Qazvin	6.3 M_w	VIII	261	1,500
1999-03-04	Kerman	6.6 M_w	VII	1		517 houses damaged	^[28]
1998-03-14	Kerman	6.6 M_w	VIII	5	50		^[29]
1997-05-10	South Khorasan	7.3 M_w	X	1,567	2,300
1997-02-28	Ardabil	6.1 M_w	VIII	1,100	2,600
1997-02-04	North Khorasan	6.5 M_w	VIII	100	1,948
1990-06-20	Gilan	7.4 M_w	X	35,000–50,000	60,000–105,000
1981-07-28	Kerman	7.1 M_s	IX	1,500	1,000
1981-06-11	Kerman	6.6 M_w	VIII+	1,400–3,000	many
1979-11-14	South Khorasan	6.8 M_w	VIII	297–440
1978-09-16	South Khorasan	7.4 M_w	IX	15,000–25,000
1977-12-19	Kerman	5.9 M_w	VII	584–665
1977-04-06	Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari	6.0 M_w	VIII	348–366
1977-03-21	Hormozgan	7.0 M_s	VIII	152–167
1972-04-10	Fars	6.7 M_w	IX	5,374	1,710
1970-07-30	Khorasan	6.4		175	450		^[30]^[31]
1968-08-31	South Khorasan	7.4 M_w	X	15,000
1968-09-01	South Khorasan	6.4 M_w		900
1965-02-10	East Azerbaijan	5.1		20
1962-09-01	Qazvin	7.1 M_L	IX	12,225	2,776
1960-04-24	Fars	6.0 M_uk		420			^[32]
1958-08-16	Hamadan	6.7 M_uk		132			^[32]
1957-12-13	Kermanshah	7.1		1,130
1957-07-02	Māzandarān	7.1		1,200
1953-02-12	Semnan	6.6 M_w	VIII	800–973	140
1947-08-05	South Khorasan	7.3		500
1932-05-20	Māzandarān	5.4 M_uk	VIII	1,070			^[32]
1930-05-07	West Azerbaijan	7.1 M_w	IX	1,360–3,000
1929-05-01	Khorasan-e Razavi	7.2 M_w	IX	3,257–3,800	1,121
1923-05-25	Khorasan-e Razavi	5.9 M_w	VII+	2,200		More than 7 villages destroyed	^[33]
1909-01-23	Lorestan	7.3 M_L	IX	6,000–8,000
1895-01-17	Khorasan-e Razavi	6.8 M_s	VIII	1,000–11,000
1893-11-17	Khorasan-e Razavi	6.6 M_s	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 M_s		>8,000			^[34]
1755-06-07	Isfahan			40,000
1727-11-18	East Azerbaijan		VIII	77,000
1721-04-26	East Azerbaijan	7.7 M_s	VIII–X	8,000–250,000
1679-06-04	Yerevan, Armenia	6.4 M_s	IX–X	7,600		Under Iranian rule at the time
1667-11-25	Shamakhi, Azerbaijan	6.9 M_s	X	80,000		Under Iranian rule at the time
1641-02-05	Tabriz, East Azerbaijan	6.8 M_s	IX	30,000		Tabriz completely destroyed
1101-??-??	Khorasan-e Razavi	6.5 M_uk	X	60,000			^[35]
1042-08-21	East Azerbaijan	7.6		40,000
1008-04-11	Bushehr	6.5 M_s		16,000			^[35]
978-06-17	Bushehr	5.3 M_s		2,000			^[35]
893-03-23	Ardabil			150,000		See also 893 Dvin earthquake
856-12-22	Semnan	7.9 M_s	X	200,000
850-07-15	Tehran			45,000			^[35]
743-??-??	Semnan	7.2 M_s	IX				^[35]
662-04-26	Semnan			40,000			^[35]
400? BCE	Tehran	7.6					^[35]
Note: M_w = moment magnitude scale, M_s = surface wave magnitude, and M_uk = 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.

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