1800 Earthquake: Damavand, Iran

Date

1800

Place

Damavand, Iran

Magnitude

6.5

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

36.200° N, 53.300° 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.

• December 22, 856, Damghan, Qumis, IranM7.9 · 200,000 deaths · 90 km
• April 26, 662, Semnan,damghan, Qumis, Iran40,000 deaths · 118 km
• July 2, 1957, Hazanderan, Abegarm, IranM6.6 · 1,100 deaths · 48 km
• May 20, 1932, Torbet-I-Kheydarly, IranM5.4 · 1,070 deaths · 45 km
• February 12, 1953, Torud, IranM6.6 · 970 deaths · 1,800 houses destroyed · 176 km
• April 11, 1935, Kevsut, Alborz, Sari, IranM6.4 · 690 deaths · 53 km
• May 9, 1830, Damavand,tehran,semnan,damghan, Iran500 deaths · 121 km
• July 11, 1890, Tash, Astrabad (Gorgan), Bastam, Shakhrud, IranM7.2 · 171 deaths · 125 km
• March 5, 1935, Alborz, IranM6 · 60 deaths · 39 km
• May 28, 2004, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Tehran, IranM6.3 · 35 deaths · $165 million · 3,880 houses destroyed · 152 km
• March 25, 1983, Tehran, Damavond, Amoi, IranM4.9 · 30 deaths · $5 million · 97 km
• April 5, 1944, Gorgan, IranM5.2 · 20 deaths · 126 km
• May 11, 1945, Garmsar,kerand,bankuh, Iran20 deaths · 155 km
• August 27, 2010, Damghan-Torud, IranM5.7 · 3 deaths · 700 houses destroyed · 132 km
• May 7, 2020, Tehran, Damavand, IranM4.6 · 2 deaths · 123 km

Significant earthquakes of 1800The 1800sRecent 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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 1552.