May 1696 Earthquake: St Thaddeus, Iran

Date

May 1696

Place

St Thaddeus, Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

39.300° N, 44.600° 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.

• 1139, Gyzndzha, Azerbaijan230,000 deaths · 183 km
• December 24, 893, Ardabil, Dvin, Iran, Armenia150,000 deaths · 78 km
• November 4, 1042, Tabriz, IranM7.6 · 50,000 deaths · 199 km
• February 5, 1641, Tabriz, Kurdistan, Iran30,000 deaths · 195 km
• December 7, 1988, Leninakan, Spitak, Kirovakan, ArmeniaM6.8 · 25,000 deaths · $16 billion · 191 km
• 851, Dvin, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 78 km
• January 858, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 78 km
• June 4, 1679, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.9 · 7,600 deaths · 89 km
• November 24, 1976, Muradiye, TurkeyM7 · 5,000 deaths · $60 million · 56 km
• April 28, 1903, Malazgirt, TurkeyM6.3 · 3,560 deaths · 12,000 houses destroyed · 182 km
• April 27, 1931, Zangezur, Nakhitchevan, ArmeniaM6.3 · 2,890 deaths · 121 km
• May 6, 1930, Salmas, IranM7.1 · 2,539 deaths · 135 km
• 854, Tovin, Armenia2,000 deaths · 85 km
• March 31, 1648, Van, Turkey2,000 deaths · 165 km
• 1664, Tabriz, Iran1,500 deaths · 199 km

Significant earthquakes of 1696The 1600sRecent 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 1141.