1566 Earthquake: Lar, Iran

Date

1566

Place

Lar, Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

27.700° N, 54.300° 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.

• April 11, 1008, Dainawar, Iran-IraqM6.5 · 16,000 deaths · 192 km
• April 10, 1972, Qir,karzin, Jahrom, Firuzabad, IranM6.6 · 5,374 deaths · 170 km
• June 17, 978, Taheri (Siraf), IranM5.3 · 2,000 deaths · 197 km
• April 24, 1960, Lar, IranM5.9 · 420 deaths · $20 million · 23 km
• October 31, 1956, Bastak, IranM6.4 · 410 deaths · $2.8 million · 36 km
• May 19, 1884, Qeshm I,bandar-E-Laft,saheli,tonban,direstan, Iran238 deaths · 187 km
• August 1880, Bastak, Jonah, Iran120 deaths · 67 km
• June 11, 1961, Dehkuyeh,khaneh,lar,shagheb,nokhriz,bighu, IranM6.4 · 61 deaths · 500 houses destroyed · 29 km
• January 19, 1950, Bushire, IranM5.7 · 30 deaths · 135 km
• November 6, 1990, S, Darab, IranM6.5 · 22 deaths · $232.3 million · 1,445 houses destroyed · 130 km
• January 15, 1953, Lar, IranM5.5 · 13 deaths · 45 km
• November 27, 2005, Qeshm, ZirangM6 · 13 deaths · 185 km
• March 24, 1913, Teyhan, IranM5.8 · 11 deaths · 116 km
• September 10, 2008, Hormozgan Province, IranM6.1 · 7 deaths · 185 km
• March 7, 1975, Sarkhun,qaleh Qazi,qadhad,nong-E-Bala, IranM6.1 · 7 deaths · 194 km

Significant earthquakes of 1566The 1500sRecent 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 752.