October 27, 1857 Earthquake: Tasuj,azarbaijan, Iran

Date

October 27, 1857

Place

Tasuj,azarbaijan, Iran

Intensity

7 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.300° N, 45.400° E

Country

Iran

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.

• November 18, 1727, Tabriz, Iran77,000 deaths · 85 km
• January 8, 1780, Tabriz, IranM7.7 · 50,000 deaths · 78 km
• November 4, 1042, Tabriz, IranM7.6 · 50,000 deaths · 82 km
• August 21, 1042, Tabriz, Iran40,000 deaths · 78 km
• April 26, 1721, Tabriz, IranM7.7 · 40,000 deaths · 122 km
• February 5, 1641, Tabriz, Kurdistan, Iran30,000 deaths · 70 km
• December 27, 1779, Tabriz, IranM6.5 · 10,000 deaths · 118 km
• November 24, 1976, Muradiye, TurkeyM7 · 5,000 deaths · $60 million · 146 km
• April 27, 1931, Zangezur, Nakhitchevan, ArmeniaM6.3 · 2,890 deaths · 113 km
• May 6, 1930, Salmas, IranM7.1 · 2,539 deaths · 57 km
• March 31, 1648, Van, Turkey2,000 deaths · 192 km
• 854, Tovin, Armenia2,000 deaths · 192 km
• 1664, Tabriz, Iran1,500 deaths · 82 km
• July 2, 1840, Maku, Mt Ararat, Aguri, Aralikh, Iran, TurkeyM6.7 · 1,049 deaths · 178 km
• April 18, 1843, Khvoy (Khoy), Iran1,000 deaths · 55 km

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