October 1825 Earthquake: Shiraz, Iran
An earthquake struck Shiraz, Iran in October 1825.
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
- October 1825
- Place
- Shiraz, Iran
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 29.600° N, 52.500° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Few (about 1 to 50)
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.
October 1825, Shiraz 29.6 N, 52.5 E. A strong shock ruined a number of buildings in Shiraz. (reference #1117)
October 1825, Shiraz, 29.6 N, 52.4 E. (reference #3437)
October 1825, at Shiraz, a shock was almost as severe as that of the year before. Numbers of buildings were reduced to ruins. (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
- January 6, 2017, Khonj, 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 8, 1992, Firuzabad, Iran
- September 27, 2010, Shiraz, Iran
- April 1953, Khan-E-Zenyan,khatiri, 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 1695.