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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.
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]
This is a list of earthquakes in 1950. ... = 5 7.7: 0 Russian Soviet ... Iran, Hormozgan Province: 5.7:
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 ...
5.5: 7.3: VII It was the strongest earthquake in the region since 1991. [22] ... The 2017 Iran–Iraq earthquake killed 630 people (620 in Iran and 10 in Iraq) ...
The 2006 Borujerd earthquake occurred in the early morning of 31 March in the South of Borujerd with destruction in Borujerd, Silakhor and Dorood areas of the Loristan Province in western Iran. The centre of the earthquake was in Darb-e Astaneh village south of the Borujerd City. The earthquake measured 6.1 on the moment magnitude scale.
2021 Loyalty Islands earthquake: 5 7.5 12 Peru, Loreto: VIII (Severe) 112.5 November 28: 2021 Northern Peru earthquake: 5 7.5 0 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands offshore VI (Strong) 63.3 August 12: 2021 South Sandwich Islands earthquakes: 7 7.4 0 New Zealand, Kermadec Islands offshore VII (Very strong) 55.6 March 4
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.