1851 Earthquake: Shahrud, Iran

Date

1851

Place

Shahrud, Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

36.200° N, 55.000° 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 · 63 km
• April 26, 662, Semnan,damghan, Qumis, Iran40,000 deaths · 135 km
• July 2, 1957, Hazanderan, Abegarm, IranM6.6 · 1,100 deaths · 199 km
• May 20, 1932, Torbet-I-Kheydarly, IranM5.4 · 1,070 deaths · 150 km
• February 12, 1953, Torud, IranM6.6 · 970 deaths · 1,800 houses destroyed · 91 km
• April 11, 1935, Kevsut, Alborz, Sari, IranM6.4 · 690 deaths · 128 km
• July 30, 1970, Karnaveh, Marev, IranM6.7 · 220 deaths · $8 million · 2,000 houses destroyed · 195 km
• July 11, 1890, Tash, Astrabad (Gorgan), Bastam, Shakhrud, IranM7.2 · 171 deaths · 57 km
• March 5, 1935, Alborz, IranM6 · 60 deaths · 186 km
• April 5, 1944, Gorgan, IranM5.2 · 20 deaths · 80 km
• August 27, 2010, Damghan-Torud, IranM5.7 · 3 deaths · 700 houses destroyed · 92 km
• February 14, 1971, Jailan,bokran,hosseinabad,sharifabad, IranM5.3 · 1 death · 70 km
• January 15, 1898, Gorgan (Astrabad), Turkmenistan, IranM4.3 · 35 km
• November 9, 1977, Gorgan, IranM4.9 · 59 km
• April 3, 1830, Chahardangeh,semnan,damghan, IranM6.5 · 67 km

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