1176 Earthquake: Rey-Qazvin, Iran

Date

1176

Place

Rey-Qazvin, Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

36.300° N, 50.000° E

Country

Iran

Damage

Severe (about $5 to $25 million)

Where the literature gives no number, NCEI records a description on a scale of 1 to 4, printed here in its words. Damage is in millions of US dollars of the year of the event, not adjusted for inflation.

• July 15, 850, Rey (Ray), Iran45,000 deaths · 155 km
• June 20, 1990, Rasht, Qazvin, Zanjan, Rudbar, Manjil, IranM7.3 · 40,000 deaths · $7.2 billion · 100,000 houses destroyed · 90 km
• September 1, 1962, Buyin-Zara, IranM7.2 · 12,225 deaths · $30 million · 21,310 houses destroyed · 75 km
• May 4, 1639, Qazvin, Iran12,000 deaths · 11 km
• April 20, 1608, Gilan, W Mazandaran, IranM7.6 · 3,000 deaths · 46 km
• June 22, 2002, Ab Garm-Abhar-Avaj-Shirin Su, IranM6.5 · 261 deaths · $300 million · 114 km
• May 28, 2004, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Tehran, IranM6.3 · 35 deaths · $165 million · 3,880 houses destroyed · 144 km
• November 4, 1978, Rasht, Siahbil, IranM6.3 · 26 deaths · $1.2 million · 541 houses destroyed · 178 km
• December 19, 1980, N Central, Tehran, IranM6 · 26 deaths · $5 million · 199 km
• June 21, 1990, Lowshan, Manjil, IranM5.6 · 20 deaths · 41 km
• September 21, 1958, IranM5.2 · 16 deaths · 96 km
• July 22, 1983, NW, Zanjin, IranM5 · 4 deaths · $5 million · 75 houses destroyed · 103 km
• December 20, 2017, Alborz, IranM4.9 · 2 deaths · 113 km
• May 7, 2020, Tehran, Damavand, IranM4.6 · 2 deaths · 195 km
• November 28, 1991, Rudbar, Rasht, IranM5 · 1 death · 78 km

Significant earthquakes of 1176The 1100sRecent earthquakes near here

Significant earthquakes from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Hazard Database, cited as NCEI/WDS, doi:10.7289/V5PN93H7. Public domain. Read 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 425.