IRAN  [ Back to Seismic Damage Index ]   [ Back to Country Index ]
Year Month Day Time LAT Long Dep M Tsunami Dead Casualty Damage Remarks
1909 1 23 248U 33.40 49.10 - 7.3   5500 - seve Iran:Silakor fault D=6000-8000 7.0S
1923 5 25 2221U 35.30 59.20 - 5.5   2219 - seve Iran:Kaj Derakht,Torbat D=300/770/>5000
1923 6 17 - - - - -   1000s - some Iran:Turbat-i-Haidari D=300 (possibly the same quake as on 25/5)
1929 5 1 1537U 37.80 57.80 22 7.2   3257 many extr Iran:Kopet-Dagh fault D=3800/5803 7.2S
1930 5 6 2234U 38.00 44.70 17 7.3   2514 - seve Iran:Salmas D=1360/3000 fault(I=9-10) 7.2S
1932 5 20 1916U 36.60 53.40 12 5.4   1070 - seve Iran:Torbet-Kheydariy(I=8)
1957 7 2 042U 36.10 52.70 17 7.1   1200 10000s seve Iran:Mazandaran D=1100/1500/2000 7.0S
1957 12 13 145U 34.50 48.00 - 7.2   2000 many seve Iran:Farsinaj fault D=1130/1200/1392/2500 6.8S
1962 9 1 1920U 35.60 49.90 25 7.2   12225 2776 extr Iran:Buyin-Zahra[Qazvin EQ] fault D=10 thousand 6.9S
1968 8 31 1047U 33.97 59.02 13 7.3   15000 1000s extr Iran:[Dasht-i Biyaz EQ] fault D=11588/12100 7.1S
1972 4 10 206U 28.40 52.80 - 6.8   5010 1710 extr Iran:[Ghir(Qir) EQ] fault D=5374/5400 6.7S
1976 11 24 1222U 39.12 44.03 36 7.3   3900 many seve Turkey:Muradiye/Iran fault D=3626/3840/10thousand 7.1S
1978 9 16 1536U 33.39 57.43 33 7.4   18220 many mode Iran:[Tabas EQ] fault D=15 thousand/more than 20 thousand 7.2S 7.3W
1981 6 11 724U 29.91 57.71 33 6.7   3000 1000s extr Iran:Kerman Province,Golbaft fault 6.6W
1981 7 28 1722U 30.01 57.79 33 7.1   1500 1000 seve Iran:Kerman Province fault D=8000 7.2W
1990 6 20 2100U 36.96 49.41 19 7.7   35000 60000 extr Iran:Manjil,Rudbar(D=30-50 thousand)fault/Azerbaijan 7.4W
1997 2 28 1257U 38.08 48.05 10 6.1   1100 2600 seve Iran:Ardebil D=965 6.1W
1997 5 10 757U 33.83 59.81 10 7.3   1572 2300 seve Iran:Qayen,Birjand fault D=1640 H=6000 7.2W
2003 12 26 156U 29.00 58.31 10 6.8   10000s 10000s extr Iran:Bam(I=9)landslide,fault 6.6W

References of the above table

Search condition : number of dead ≥1000