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Earthquakes in Iran from 1990 to 2006, by United States Geological Survey Iran Faults. 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.
The earthquake's epicenter is estimated to be close to the city of Damghan, which was then the capital of the Persian province of Qumis. It caused approximately 200,000 deaths and is listed by the United States Geological Survey as the sixth deadliest earthquake in recorded history. [2] This death toll has been debated. [3]
This earthquake is part of a sequence of earthquakes on 1 July 2022, in southern Iran that began with a magnitude 6.0, [1] followed by a magnitude 5.7 aftershock two hours later, [2] and a magnitude 6.0 earthquake one minute after the magnitude 5.7 earthquake. [6]
The earthquake occurred near the Iran–Iraq border, [2] [20] [4] [5] approximately 220 kilometres (140 mi) northeast of Baghdad. [2] [20] [4] According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake measured 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale [3] and was caused by movement on a thrust fault dipping at a shallow angle
The first and most destructive of the 2020 Iran–Turkey earthquakes occurred on 23 February, near Khoy in north-west Iran, close to the border with Turkey, killing 9 people in Başkale, Van. [2] It hit at 9:23 a.m. local time (05:53 UTC ) with a magnitude of 5.8 M w [ 1 ] at a depth of 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) [ 3 ] and the epicenter was Qotur ...
0–9. 743 Caspian Gates earthquake; 856 Damghan earthquake; 893 Ardabil earthquake; 957 Caspian Sea earthquake; 1641 Tabriz earthquake; 1721 Tabriz earthquake
The 2014 Murmuri earthquake occurred on August 18 in the Zagros Mountains of Iran with a moment magnitude of 6.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The thrust earthquake injured 60–330 people and was followed by a number of high intensity aftershocks.
The 2021 Hormozgan earthquakes was a doublet earthquake event in Iran that occurred on November 14, 2021, with magnitudes of 6.0 and 6.4 on the moment magnitude scale.The two quakes occurred just a minute and a half apart, [5] [2] killing 2 people and injuring a further 100.