December 19, 1618 Earthquake: Dughabad,khorasan, Iran

Date

December 19, 1618

Place

Dughabad,khorasan, Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

35.000° N, 58.000° E

Country

Iran

Deaths

800

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 · 143 km
• October 21, 1336, Khaf, IranM7.6 · 20,000 deaths · 159 km
• August 31, 1968, Dasht-E-Bayaz, IranM7.1 · 10,488 deaths · $35 million · 12,000 houses destroyed · 136 km
• July 30, 1673, Mashhad, Neyshabur (Nishapur), IranM6.6 · 5,600 deaths · 186 km
• January 30, 1549, Qayen (Qain),khorasan, Iran3,000 deaths · 195 km
• February 16, 1941, Mohammadabad, IranM6.3 · 730 deaths · 179 km
• September 1, 1968, Ferdow, IranM6.2 · 700 deaths · 1,500 houses destroyed · 113 km
• December 14, 1925, Bajestan, IranM5.5 · 500 deaths · 45 km
• September 23, 1947, Dustabad, IranM6.9 · 500 deaths · 166 km
• September 25, 1903, Kashmar, IranM5.9 · 350 deaths · 29 km
• January 16, 1979, Bonzanabad, IranM6.5 · 129 deaths · 1,700 houses destroyed · 187 km
• November 7, 1976, Khorasan Province, IranM6 · 17 deaths · 170 km
• October 5, 1962, Torbat Heydariyeh, Akhmedabad, IranM5 · 6 deaths · 65 km
• June 18, 2024, Kashmar, IranM4.9 · 4 deaths · 51 km
• February 2, 2000, Bardaskan, Kashmar, IranM5.3 · 1 death · 100 houses destroyed · 38 km

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