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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 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 to the ...
An earthquake affected several villages in the Kerman province of Iran on February 22, 2005, at 05:55:23 local time. The shock measured 6.4 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Zarand is located 740 km southeast of Tehran. The maximum recorded peak ground acceleration was 0.51 g at Shirinrud dam.
One hospital in Tehran was "packed" with over 2,500 victims. [9] Slight damage was experienced in Tehran, the nation's capital. Cities as far away as Tabriz, Esfahan and Yazd reported the tremor. Sandblows also formed along the rupture zone. The earthquake was also declared the largest rupture in the region since approximately 1630.
The 2008 Qeshm earthquake occurred on 10 September in the Hormozgān Province of southern Iran, 850 kilometres (528 mi) south of Tehran. Its epicenter was near the port city of Bandar Abbas , where an earthquake two years prior had caused damage.
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 ...
Tehran lies on a major fault which scientists have predicted may suffer from a devastating earthquake similar to that of Bam in the near future. The most cited example for the new capital was Isfahan , a city in central Iran that had previously served as capital until it was moved to Tehran in 1788.
An isoseismal map that was created using the data aligned with a ShakeMap that was created by the Tehran-based International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology. The closest strong motion station was about 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) to the east of the origin of faulting and showed a horizontal acceleration of 0.55 g. [6]