May 9, 1336 Earthquake: Qeshm, Iran

Date

May 9, 1336

Place

Qeshm, Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

26.600° N, 56.200° 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.

• January 11, 1897, Qeshm Island, Larak Island, IranM6.1 · 1,600 deaths · 39 km
• October 31, 1956, Bastak, IranM6.4 · 410 deaths · $2.8 million · 194 km
• May 19, 1884, Qeshm I,bandar-E-Laft,saheli,tonban,direstan, Iran238 deaths · 37 km
• March 21, 1977, Bandar Abbas, IranM6.7 · 167 deaths · 1,500 houses destroyed · 111 km
• November 6, 1990, S, Darab, IranM6.5 · 22 deaths · $232.3 million · 1,445 houses destroyed · 198 km
• November 27, 2005, Qeshm, ZirangM6 · 13 deaths · 39 km
• January 15, 1953, Lar, IranM5.5 · 13 deaths · 193 km
• July 9, 1902, Qeshm,bandar Abbas,genu, Qeshm Island, IranM6.3 · 10 deaths · 56 km
• September 10, 2008, Hormozgan Province, IranM6.1 · 7 deaths · 40 km
• March 7, 1975, Sarkhun,qaleh Qazi,qadhad,nong-E-Bala, IranM6.1 · 7 deaths · 100 km
• July 1, 2022, Hormozgan Province, IranM6 · 5 deaths · $142 million · 101 km
• July 29, 1963, Gahkom,laigazan,patkuiyeh,golruiyeh,ganj, IranM5.2 · 5 deaths · 350 houses destroyed · 146 km
• June 3, 2006, Qeshm, Southern, IranM5.1 · 2 deaths · 40 km
• November 14, 2021, Hormozgan Province, IranM6.3 · 2 deaths · $165 million · 127 km
• May 11, 2013, Bashagard, Hormozgan, IranM6.1 · 2 deaths · 156 km

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