August 1880 Earthquake: Bastak, Jonah, Iran

Date

August 1880

Place

Bastak, Jonah, Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

27.100° N, 54.200° E

Country

Iran

Deaths

120

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.

• April 11, 1008, Dainawar, Iran-IraqM6.5 · 16,000 deaths · 193 km
• June 17, 978, Taheri (Siraf), IranM5.3 · 2,000 deaths · 199 km
• April 24, 1960, Lar, IranM5.9 · 420 deaths · $20 million · 85 km
• October 31, 1956, Bastak, IranM6.4 · 410 deaths · $2.8 million · 43 km
• May 19, 1884, Qeshm I,bandar-E-Laft,saheli,tonban,direstan, Iran238 deaths · 173 km
• June 11, 1961, Dehkuyeh,khaneh,lar,shagheb,nokhriz,bighu, IranM6.4 · 61 deaths · 500 houses destroyed · 91 km
• January 19, 1950, Bushire, IranM5.7 · 30 deaths · 117 km
• November 6, 1990, S, Darab, IranM6.5 · 22 deaths · $232.3 million · 1,445 houses destroyed · 178 km
• January 15, 1953, Lar, IranM5.5 · 13 deaths · 91 km
• November 27, 2005, Qeshm, ZirangM6 · 13 deaths · 168 km
• March 24, 1913, Teyhan, IranM5.8 · 11 deaths · 60 km
• September 10, 2008, Hormozgan Province, IranM6.1 · 7 deaths · 166 km
• November 13, 1998, Bigherd-Khonj, Southern, IranM5.4 · 5 deaths · 97 km
• July 1, 2022, Hormozgan Province, IranM6 · 5 deaths · $142 million · 105 km
• July 29, 1963, Gahkom,laigazan,patkuiyeh,golruiyeh,ganj, IranM5.2 · 5 deaths · 350 houses destroyed · 159 km

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