December 16, 1808 Earthquake: Qazvin-Taleqan, Iran

Date

December 16, 1808

Place

Qazvin-Taleqan, Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

36.200° N, 50.000° 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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