September 16, 1872 Earthquake: Songhor(Sonqor), Iran

Date

September 16, 1872

Place

Songhor(Sonqor), Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

34.800° N, 47.600° 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, 871, Saimareh, IranM6.8 · 20,000 deaths · 182 km
• December 13, 1957, Farsinaj, IranM6.5 · 1,200 deaths · 48 km
• November 12, 2017, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Iraq, IranM7.3 · 630 deaths · $750 million · 15,500 houses destroyed · 150 km
• June 22, 2002, Ab Garm-Abhar-Avaj-Shirin Su, IranM6.5 · 261 deaths · $300 million · 160 km
• August 16, 1958, Firuzabad, IranM6.7 · 132 deaths · 2,500 houses destroyed · 62 km
• March 31, 2006, Borujerd, Dorud, Western, IranM6.1 · 70 deaths · 181 km
• September 21, 1958, IranM5.2 · 16 deaths · 184 km
• April 24, 2002, Kermanshah, Western, IranM5.4 · 2 deaths · 25 km
• May 29, 1987, W, Nahavand-Hamaden-Tuysarkan, IranM4.6 · 2 deaths · 101 km
• August 25, 2018, Kermanshah, IranM6 · 2 deaths · 126 km
• October 14, 1961, Iran2 deaths · 141 km
• November 25, 2018, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Iraq, IranM6.3 · 1 death · 177 km
• December 24, 2002, Kermanshah, IranM5.2 · 3,000 houses destroyed · 27 km
• April 912, Dinavar, Iran29 km
• March 24, 1963, Karkhaneh, IranM6 · 5,000 houses destroyed · 48 km

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