Iran

Earthquakes

1972 April 10th - Iran, Southern Region around Ghir Karzin: 7.1 magnitude earthquake with struck an area within a radius of more than 250 miles; 5,400 people died.

1977 March 22nd - Iran, Southeastern Coastal Region around the town of Bandar Abbas: magnitude 7 earthquake; 167 people died.

1977 April 6th - Iran, Isfahan Provinve: 6.5 earthquake; more than 350 people died.

1977 December 21st - Iran, Kerman Province, town of Zarand: earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale; more than 500 people died.

1978 September 16th - Iran, Tabas: earthquake measuring between 7.5 and 7.9 on the Richter scale destroyed the town and many other villages; 15,000 people died.

1979 January 16th - Iran, Khorasan Province: earthquake measuring 7.0; 200 people died.

1979 November 14th - Iran, Eastern Region, Khorasan Province: 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck a string of villages between Qaen and Khaf; about 400 people died.

1981 June 11th - Iran, town of Golbaf: magnitude 6.8 earthquake 800 km (500 miles) southeast of Tehran; the town was destroyed; more than 1,000 people died.

1990 June 21st - Iran, Caspian Regions of Gilan and Zanjan: 7.7 earthquake caused the worst recorded disaster in the country's history: 35,000 people died and up to 100,000 were injured; some 500,000 were left homeless.

1997 February 28th - Iran, Northwestern Region: magnitude 5.5 earthquake; about 1,000 people died.

1997 May 10th - Iran, Eastern Region near the Afghan border: 7.1 earthquake hit the rural area; more than 1,500 people died.

2002 June 22nd - Iran, Northern Region, Qazvin Province: An earthquake measuring 6.3 razed dozens of villages; more than 200 people died.

2003 December 26th - Iran, Bam: An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale struck the historic city 1,000 km (600 miles) southeast of Tehran. Initial estimates suggested up to 10,000 deaths and more than 10,000 injured.