October 21, 1336 Earthquake: Khaf, Iran

Date

October 21, 1336

Time

01:30 UTC

Place

Khaf, Iran

Magnitude

7.6

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

34.700° N, 59.700° E

Country

Iran

Deaths

20,000

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 · 158 km
• August 31, 1968, Dasht-E-Bayaz, IranM7.1 · 10,488 deaths · $35 million · 12,000 houses destroyed · 83 km
• July 30, 1673, Mashhad, Neyshabur (Nishapur), IranM6.6 · 5,600 deaths · 182 km
• January 30, 1549, Qayen (Qain),khorasan, Iran3,000 deaths · 144 km
• May 10, 1997, Birjand, Ghaen, Afghanistan, IranM7.2 · 1,728 deaths · $100 million · 10,533 houses destroyed · 98 km
• December 19, 1618, Dughabad,khorasan, Iran800 deaths · 159 km
• February 16, 1941, Mohammadabad, IranM6.3 · 730 deaths · 156 km
• September 1, 1968, Ferdow, IranM6.2 · 700 deaths · 1,500 houses destroyed · 158 km
• December 14, 1925, Bajestan, IranM5.5 · 500 deaths · 147 km
• September 23, 1947, Dustabad, IranM6.9 · 500 deaths · 156 km
• September 25, 1903, Kashmar, IranM5.9 · 350 deaths · 148 km
• November 14, 1979, Khorasan, IranM6.6 · 171 deaths · 216 houses destroyed · 81 km
• January 16, 1979, Bonzanabad, IranM6.5 · 129 deaths · 1,700 houses destroyed · 88 km
• November 27, 1979, IranM7.1 · 20 deaths · 82 km
• April 1, 1962, Mussavieh, IranM5.8 · 20 deaths · 173 km

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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 524.