1482 Earthquake: Hormoz,oman, Iran

Date

1482

Place

Hormoz,oman, Iran

Magnitude

6.5

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

26.100° N, 56.900° 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 · 114 km
• May 19, 1884, Qeshm I,bandar-E-Laft,saheli,tonban,direstan, Iran238 deaths · 126 km
• March 21, 1977, Bandar Abbas, IranM6.7 · 167 deaths · 1,500 houses destroyed · 173 km
• November 27, 2005, Qeshm, ZirangM6 · 13 deaths · 128 km
• July 9, 1902, Qeshm,bandar Abbas,genu, Qeshm Island, IranM6.3 · 10 deaths · 126 km
• September 10, 2008, Hormozgan Province, IranM6.1 · 7 deaths · 128 km
• March 7, 1975, Sarkhun,qaleh Qazi,qadhad,nong-E-Bala, IranM6.1 · 7 deaths · 168 km
• July 1, 2022, Hormozgan Province, IranM6 · 5 deaths · $142 million · 188 km
• May 11, 2013, Bashagard, Hormozgan, IranM6.1 · 2 deaths · 101 km
• June 3, 2006, Qeshm, Southern, IranM5.1 · 2 deaths · 128 km
• November 14, 2021, Hormozgan Province, IranM6.3 · 2 deaths · $165 million · 199 km
• April 25, 1905, Bandar Abbas,qeshm,hengam, Iran69 km
• 1306, Qeshm Island, Iran89 km
• May 9, 1336, Qeshm, Iran89 km
• May 17, 1703, Qeshm Island (Qishm Island), Iran89 km

Significant earthquakes of 1482The 1400sRecent 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 636.