July 13, 1929 Earthquake: Faruj, Iran

Date

July 13, 1929

Time

07:36:43 UTC

Place

Faruj, Iran

Magnitude

5.9 (Mw)

Focal depth

15 km (9 mi)

Intensity

7 on the Modified Mercalli scale

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

37.866° N, 58.404° E

Country

Iran

Deaths

21

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.

• October 5, 1948, Ashkhabad, TurkmenistanM7.2 · 110,000 deaths · $25 million · 24 km
• November 17, 1893, Quchan, Mashhad, Bojnurd, IranM6.6 · 18,000 deaths · 74 km
• November 18, 1667, Shirvan, Shamkha, Iran12,000 deaths · 109 km
• July 30, 1673, Mashhad, Neyshabur (Nishapur), IranM6.6 · 5,600 deaths · 191 km
• August 20, 943, Nisa, Turkmenistan5,000 deaths · 17 km
• January 6, 1872, Quchan, IranM6.3 · 4,000 deaths · 64 km
• May 1, 1929, Kopet-Dagh, IranM7.2 · 3,800 deaths · 66 km
• December 23, 1871, Quchan, IranM5.6 · 2,000 deaths · 64 km
• February 22, 1852, Khabushan (NW Kuchan), IranM5.8 · 2,000 deaths · 85 km
• January 17, 1895, Quchan, IranM6.8 · 1,000 deaths · 85 km
• April 2, 1879, Bojnurd, IranM6.7 · 700 deaths · 97 km
• September 17, 1923, Bodzhnurd, Qaleh Jaq Kmen, IranM6.4 · 157 deaths · 97 km
• February 4, 1997, Bojnurd, Shirvan, Esfarayen, IranM6.5 · 88 deaths · $30 million · 5,500 houses destroyed · 100 km
• January 3, 1969, NE Khurasan Province, IranM5.5 · 50 deaths · 100 houses destroyed · 92 km
• August 21, 1928, Shirvan, IranM5.6 · 30 deaths · 122 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 3399.