1888 Earthquake: Lake Irene, Iran

Date

1888

Place

Lake Irene, Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

33.300° N, 49.300° E

Country

Iran

Region

Middle East

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.

1. #1192 Berberian, Manuel (1977). Geological Survey of Iran, Tectonic and Seismotectonic Research Section, Report no. 40, Contribution to the Seismotectonics of Iran (Part III), Ministry of Industry and Mines, Tehran, Iran.

• January 30, 1778, Kashan, Iran30,000 deaths · 189 km
• November 18, 871, Saimareh, IranM6.8 · 20,000 deaths · 196 km
• January 23, 1909, Silakor, IranM7.3 · 5,500 deaths · 151 km
• May 12, 1844, Kashan, Qamsar, Kamu, Kushian, Chuka, IranM6.4 · 1,500 deaths · 198 km
• December 13, 1957, Farsinaj, IranM6.5 · 1,200 deaths · 188 km
• August 16, 1958, Firuzabad, IranM6.7 · 132 deaths · 2,500 houses destroyed · 172 km
• December 14, 1978, Masjed-E-Soleyman, IranM6.1 · 76 deaths · 137 km
• March 31, 2006, Borujerd, Dorud, Western, IranM6.1 · 70 deaths · 53 km
• December 19, 1980, N Central, Tehran, IranM6 · 26 deaths · $5 million · 190 km
• July 15, 1929, Masjed Soleyman,andarkah, IranM6.2 · 6 deaths · 128 km
• June 27, 1961, Iran5 deaths · 24 km
• December 22, 1980, N Central, Tehran, IranM5.2 · 3 deaths · $1 million · 179 km
• October 14, 1961, Iran2 deaths · 116 km
• May 29, 1987, W, Nahavand-Hamaden-Tuysarkan, IranM4.6 · 2 deaths · 129 km
• July 8, 2019, Masjed-E Soleyman, IranM5.7 · 1 death · 171 km

Significant earthquakes of 1888The 1800sRecent earthquakes near here

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 2026-10-01. NCEI earthquake 2380.