1670 Earthquake: Lar-Evaz, Iran

Date

1670

Place

Lar-Evaz, Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

27.500° N, 53.600° E

Country

Iran

Region

Middle East

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.

1. #1192 Berberian, Manuel (1977). Geological Survey of Iran, Tectonic and Seismotectonic Research Section, Report no. 40, Contribution to the Seismotectonics of Iran (Part III), Ministry of Industry and Mines, Tehran, Iran.

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