June 2, 1824 Earthquake: Kazirun, Shahpur, Iran
An earthquake struck Kazirun, Shahpur, Iran on June 2, 1824.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- June 2, 1824
- Place
- Kazirun, Shahpur, Iran
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 29.700° N, 51.600° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- Deaths
- Very many (over 1,000)
- Damage
- Extreme (about $25 million or more)
- Houses destroyed
- Very many (over 1,000)
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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
June 2, 1824, Kazirun-Shahpur, 29.7 N, 51.6 E,. A severe earthquake shook the dihistans of Kamarij, Shahpur and Kazirun. The shock destroyed many villages along the Shahpur valley from Karnarij to Ardashir, as well as in the valley of Kazirun. It also triggered rockfalls that entirely filled up the mountain pass of Tang-i Dukhtar between Kamarij and Kazirun. In Kazirun itself, many houses built of stone with two storeys collapsed killing about 150 people. The whole village of Dins was totally destroyed and Kamarij was also ruined and its caravanserai collapsed. Damage extended as far as Burazjan where the
caravanserai was thrown down but not beyond this place
or beyond Dasht-i Arjan. The shock was felt in Bushire
and Shiraz and it was followed by aftershocks for almost a week. (reference #1117)
June 2, 1824, Kazirun-Shashpwr, 29.7 N, 51.6 E, intensity VIII, 150 killed. (reference #3437)
June 2, 1824, Shiraz. Some slight motion premonitory of the great earthquake of the 25th. (reference #1217)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 22, 1853, Shiraz, Iran
- April 10, 1972, Qir,karzin, Jahrom, Firuzabad, Iran
- May 27, 1989, Do Gobadan, Fars, Yasuj, Iran
- April 9, 2013, Shanbe, Kaki, Sena, Bushehr Province, Iran
- May 6, 1999, Fars Province, Southern, Iran
- June 22, 1993, Bovir Ahmadi VA Kohkiluyeh, Iran
- November 28, 2013, Borazjan, Iran
- June 20, 1994, Firuzabad, Shiraz, Iran
- March 1, 1994, Firuzabad, Southern, Iran
- February 17, 2021, Esfahan, Kohgiluyeh, Boyer-Ahmad, Iran
- December 18, 1925, Ahram,domrubah,mahmudabadi,ab Garm, Iran
- September 27, 2010, Shiraz, Iran
- July 12, 1986, S, Fars Province, Mamasani, Shiraz, Iran
- August 11, 1988, S, Mamasani, Bushehr, Nurabad, Iran
- September 8, 1992, Firuzabad, Iran
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Sources
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 8242.