January 5, 1896 Earthquake: Khvoy (Khoy), Iran

Date

January 5, 1896

Place

Khvoy (Khoy), Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

38.500° N, 45.000° E

Country

Iran

Deaths

800

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.

• December 24, 893, Ardabil, Dvin, Iran, Armenia150,000 deaths · 170 km
• November 18, 1727, Tabriz, Iran77,000 deaths · 126 km
• January 8, 1780, Tabriz, IranM7.7 · 50,000 deaths · 119 km
• November 4, 1042, Tabriz, IranM7.6 · 50,000 deaths · 122 km
• August 21, 1042, Tabriz, Iran40,000 deaths · 119 km
• April 26, 1721, Tabriz, IranM7.7 · 40,000 deaths · 163 km
• February 5, 1641, Tabriz, Kurdistan, Iran30,000 deaths · 111 km
• 851, Dvin, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 170 km
• January 858, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.2 · 12,000 deaths · 170 km
• December 27, 1779, Tabriz, IranM6.5 · 10,000 deaths · 159 km
• June 4, 1679, Dvina, Turkey, ArmeniaM5.9 · 7,600 deaths · 180 km
• November 24, 1976, Muradiye, TurkeyM7 · 5,000 deaths · $60 million · 104 km
• April 27, 1931, Zangezur, Nakhitchevan, ArmeniaM6.3 · 2,890 deaths · 116 km
• May 6, 1930, Salmas, IranM7.1 · 2,539 deaths · 48 km
• March 31, 1648, Van, Turkey2,000 deaths · 158 km

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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 2482.