May 9, 1830 Earthquake: Damavand,tehran,semnan,damghan, Iran

Date

May 9, 1830

Place

Damavand,tehran,semnan,damghan, Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

35.700° N, 52.100° E

Country

Iran

Deaths

500

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.

• July 15, 850, Rey (Ray), Iran45,000 deaths · 93 km
• April 26, 662, Semnan,damghan, Qumis, Iran40,000 deaths · 178 km
• June 7, 1755, Tabriz,kashan, N, Iran40,000 deaths · 197 km
• May 4, 1639, Qazvin, Iran12,000 deaths · 197 km
• April 20, 1608, Gilan, W Mazandaran, IranM7.6 · 3,000 deaths · 164 km
• 1574, Fin,kashan, Iran1,200 deaths · 200 km
• July 2, 1957, Hazanderan, Abegarm, IranM6.6 · 1,100 deaths · 89 km
• May 20, 1932, Torbet-I-Kheydarly, IranM5.4 · 1,070 deaths · 154 km
• April 11, 1935, Kevsut, Alborz, Sari, IranM6.4 · 690 deaths · 171 km
• March 5, 1935, Alborz, IranM6 · 60 deaths · 83 km
• May 28, 2004, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Tehran, IranM6.3 · 35 deaths · $165 million · 3,880 houses destroyed · 79 km
• March 25, 1983, Tehran, Damavond, Amoi, IranM4.9 · 30 deaths · $5 million · 32 km
• December 19, 1980, N Central, Tehran, IranM6 · 26 deaths · $5 million · 181 km
• May 11, 1945, Garmsar,kerand,bankuh, Iran20 deaths · 56 km
• December 22, 1980, N Central, Tehran, IranM5.2 · 3 deaths · $1 million · 191 km

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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 1738.