1820 Earthquake: Mazandaran, Iran

Date

1820

Place

Mazandaran, Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

36.500° N, 53.500° 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.

• December 22, 856, Damghan, Qumis, IranM7.9 · 200,000 deaths · 79 km
• April 26, 662, Semnan,damghan, Qumis, Iran40,000 deaths · 141 km
• July 2, 1957, Hazanderan, Abegarm, IranM6.6 · 1,100 deaths · 69 km
• May 20, 1932, Torbet-I-Kheydarly, IranM5.4 · 1,070 deaths · 14 km
• February 12, 1953, Torud, IranM6.6 · 970 deaths · 1,800 houses destroyed · 182 km
• April 11, 1935, Kevsut, Alborz, Sari, IranM6.4 · 690 deaths · 16 km
• May 9, 1830, Damavand,tehran,semnan,damghan, Iran500 deaths · 154 km
• July 11, 1890, Tash, Astrabad (Gorgan), Bastam, Shakhrud, IranM7.2 · 171 deaths · 99 km
• March 5, 1935, Alborz, IranM6 · 60 deaths · 76 km
• May 28, 2004, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Tehran, IranM6.3 · 35 deaths · $165 million · 3,880 houses destroyed · 171 km
• March 25, 1983, Tehran, Damavond, Amoi, IranM4.9 · 30 deaths · $5 million · 126 km
• April 5, 1944, Gorgan, IranM5.2 · 20 deaths · 95 km
• May 11, 1945, Garmsar,kerand,bankuh, Iran20 deaths · 192 km
• August 27, 2010, Damghan-Torud, IranM5.7 · 3 deaths · 700 houses destroyed · 142 km
• May 7, 2020, Tehran, Damavand, IranM4.6 · 2 deaths · 155 km

Significant earthquakes of 1820The 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 2026-09-24. NCEI earthquake 1648.