1209 Earthquake: Nishapur, Iran

Date

1209

Place

Nishapur, Iran

Magnitude

7.6

Focal depth

10 km (6 mi)

Intensity

9 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

36.000° N, 58.800° 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.

• 1101, Khorasan, IranM6.5 · 60,000 deaths · 18 km
• October 21, 1336, Khaf, IranM7.6 · 20,000 deaths · 166 km
• November 17, 1893, Quchan, Mashhad, Bojnurd, IranM6.6 · 18,000 deaths · 138 km
• November 18, 1667, Shirvan, Shamkha, Iran12,000 deaths · 177 km
• July 30, 1673, Mashhad, Neyshabur (Nishapur), IranM6.6 · 5,600 deaths · 56 km
• January 6, 1872, Quchan, IranM6.3 · 4,000 deaths · 151 km
• February 22, 1852, Khabushan (NW Kuchan), IranM5.8 · 2,000 deaths · 127 km
• December 23, 1871, Quchan, IranM5.6 · 2,000 deaths · 151 km
• January 17, 1895, Quchan, IranM6.8 · 1,000 deaths · 127 km
• December 19, 1618, Dughabad,khorasan, Iran800 deaths · 133 km
• December 14, 1925, Bajestan, IranM5.5 · 500 deaths · 168 km
• September 25, 1903, Kashmar, IranM5.9 · 350 deaths · 104 km
• September 17, 1923, Bodzhnurd, Qaleh Jaq Kmen, IranM6.4 · 157 deaths · 166 km
• January 3, 1969, NE Khurasan Province, IranM5.5 · 50 deaths · 100 houses destroyed · 150 km
• August 21, 1928, Shirvan, IranM5.6 · 30 deaths · 102 km

Significant earthquakes of 1209The 1200sRecent 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 447.