December 27, 1779 Earthquake: Tabriz, Iran

Date

December 27, 1779

Place

Tabriz, Iran

Magnitude

6.5

Intensity

7 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.000° N, 46.700° E

Country

Iran

Deaths

10,000

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.

• November 18, 1727, Tabriz, Iran77,000 deaths · 35 km
• November 4, 1042, Tabriz, IranM7.6 · 50,000 deaths · 37 km
• January 8, 1780, Tabriz, IranM7.7 · 50,000 deaths · 44 km
• April 26, 1721, Tabriz, IranM7.7 · 40,000 deaths · 11 km
• August 21, 1042, Tabriz, Iran40,000 deaths · 44 km
• February 5, 1641, Tabriz, Kurdistan, Iran30,000 deaths · 53 km
• April 27, 1931, Zangezur, Nakhitchevan, ArmeniaM6.3 · 2,890 deaths · 147 km
• May 6, 1930, Salmas, IranM7.1 · 2,539 deaths · 167 km
• March 22, 1879, Bozqush, Ardabil, Gamrud, Tark, Manan, IranM6.7 · 2,000 deaths · 108 km
• 1664, Tabriz, Iran1,500 deaths · 37 km
• February 28, 1997, Ardabil, IranM6.1 · 1,100 deaths · $76 million · 12,000 houses destroyed · 119 km
• April 18, 1843, Khvoy (Khoy), Iran1,000 deaths · 171 km
• January 5, 1896, Khvoy (Khoy), Iran800 deaths · 159 km
• December 1863, Nir,ardabil, Iran500 deaths · 79 km
• January 3, 1864, Lenkoran, Niar, Ardabil, Azerbaijan, Iran500 deaths · 141 km

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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 1436.