September 25, 1903 Earthquake: Kashmar, Iran
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Kashmar, Iran on September 25, 1903 at 01:20:00 UTC. It killed 350 people.
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
- September 25, 1903
- Time
- 01:20:00 UTC
- Place
- Kashmar, Iran
- Magnitude
- 5.9 (Ms)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.200° N, 58.200° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- Deaths
- 350
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
Reference #1138 lists earthquake on Sept 25, 1903, 01:20 UTC, 35.2 N, 58.2 E, magnitude 6.5, 350 deaths.
Reference #12864 lists >350 deaths and 25 villages destroyed, Turshiz destroyed/damaged.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- 1101, Khorasan, Iran
- October 21, 1336, Khaf, Iran
- August 31, 1968, Dasht-E-Bayaz, Iran
- July 30, 1673, Mashhad, Neyshabur (Nishapur), Iran
- December 19, 1618, Dughabad,khorasan, Iran
- February 16, 1941, Mohammadabad, Iran
- September 1, 1968, Ferdow, Iran
- December 14, 1925, Bajestan, Iran
- September 23, 1947, Dustabad, Iran
- January 16, 1979, Bonzanabad, Iran
- November 7, 1976, Khorasan Province, Iran
- October 5, 1962, Torbat Heydariyeh, Akhmedabad, Iran
- June 18, 2024, Kashmar, Iran
- February 2, 2000, Bardaskan, Kashmar, Iran
- December 3, 1065, Khorasan,jabal, 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 2664.