May 3, 1280 Earthquake: Neishabur-Shadyak, Iran

Date

May 3, 1280

Place

Neishabur-Shadyak, Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

36.100° N, 58.500° E

Country

Iran

Region

Middle East

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.

1. #1192 Berberian, Manuel (1977). Geological Survey of Iran, Tectonic and Seismotectonic Research Section, Report no. 40, Contribution to the Seismotectonics of Iran (Part III), Ministry of Industry and Mines, Tehran, Iran.
2. #1217 Nabavi, M.S. (1978). Historical Earthquakes in Iran c. 300 B.C. - 1900 A.D.. Journal of the Earth and Space Physics, Institute of Geophysics, Tehran University Press, vol. 7, no. 1, 1978, p. 70-117.

• 1101, Khorasan, IranM6.5 · 60,000 deaths · 46 km
• October 21, 1336, Khaf, IranM7.6 · 20,000 deaths · 190 km
• November 17, 1893, Quchan, Mashhad, Bojnurd, IranM6.6 · 18,000 deaths · 123 km
• November 18, 1667, Shirvan, Shamkha, Iran12,000 deaths · 151 km
• July 30, 1673, Mashhad, Neyshabur (Nishapur), IranM6.6 · 5,600 deaths · 75 km
• January 6, 1872, Quchan, IranM6.3 · 4,000 deaths · 135 km
• February 22, 1852, Khabushan (NW Kuchan), IranM5.8 · 2,000 deaths · 112 km
• December 23, 1871, Quchan, IranM5.6 · 2,000 deaths · 135 km
• January 17, 1895, Quchan, IranM6.8 · 1,000 deaths · 112 km
• December 19, 1618, Dughabad,khorasan, Iran800 deaths · 130 km
• April 2, 1879, Bojnurd, IranM6.7 · 700 deaths · 184 km
• December 14, 1925, Bajestan, IranM5.5 · 500 deaths · 171 km
• September 25, 1903, Kashmar, IranM5.9 · 350 deaths · 104 km
• September 17, 1923, Bodzhnurd, Qaleh Jaq Kmen, IranM6.4 · 157 deaths · 142 km
• January 3, 1969, NE Khurasan Province, IranM5.5 · 50 deaths · 100 houses destroyed · 127 km

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