November 20, 1588 Earthquake: Shiraz, Iran

Date

November 20, 1588

Place

Shiraz, Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

29.400° N, 52.300° E

Country

Iran

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 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 · 193 km
• April 22, 1853, Shiraz, Iran13,000 deaths · 29 km
• April 10, 1972, Qir,karzin, Jahrom, Firuzabad, IranM6.6 · 5,374 deaths · 119 km
• June 17, 978, Taheri (Siraf), IranM5.3 · 2,000 deaths · 189 km
• May 27, 1989, Do Gobadan, Fars, Yasuj, IranM5.8 · 114 deaths · $5 million · 158 km
• April 9, 2013, Shanbe, Kaki, Sena, Bushehr Province, IranM6.4 · 37 deaths · $297 million · 128 km
• May 6, 1999, Fars Province, Southern, IranM6.2 · 26 deaths · 800 houses destroyed · 42 km
• June 22, 1993, Bovir Ahmadi VA Kohkiluyeh, IranM5.4 · 24 deaths · 166 km
• November 28, 2013, Borazjan, IranM5.8 · 8 deaths · 250 houses destroyed · 96 km
• January 6, 2017, Khonj, IranM5 · 4 deaths · 155 km
• June 20, 1994, Firuzabad, Shiraz, IranM5.9 · 3 deaths · 57 km
• March 1, 1994, Firuzabad, Southern, IranM6.1 · 2 deaths · 46 km
• December 18, 1925, Ahram,domrubah,mahmudabadi,ab Garm, IranM5.5 · 2 deaths · 147 km
• February 17, 2021, Esfahan, Kohgiluyeh, Boyer-Ahmad, IranM5.4 · 2 deaths · $10 million · 184 km
• September 8, 1992, Firuzabad, IranM4.7 · 1 death · 200 houses destroyed · 32 km

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