1880 Earthquake: Saqqez, Iran
An earthquake struck Saqqez, Iran in 1880.
Map
Where it struck, with the other significant earthquakes within 200 km. Circles are sized and colored by magnitude; select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Date
- 1880
- Place
- Saqqez, Iran
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.100° N, 46.200° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- November 12, 2017, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Iraq, Iran
- February 10, 1965, Northwestern Iran
- July 24, 1991, Arbil, Dibs, Iraq
- July 23, 1981, Urumiyeh, Iran
- August 25, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- April 24, 2002, Kermanshah, Western, Iran
- November 25, 2018, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Iraq, Iran
- 1310, Shahrizur, Sulaimaniya, Baghdad, Iraq
- April 9, 1857, Lake Urmia (Lake Urmi), Iran
- July 22, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- January 6, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- September 16, 1872, Songhor(Sonqor), Iran
- April 957, Kerend,qasr-E-Shirin, Halwan, Iran, Iraq
- April 1, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
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Sources
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 2275.