April 24, 1949 Earthquake: Makhl-E-Nakhoda,bandar Abbas,bazaar, Iran
A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Makhl-E-Nakhoda,bandar Abbas,bazaar, Iran on April 24, 1949 at 04:22 UTC, 100 km below the surface.
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
- April 24, 1949
- Time
- 04:22 UTC
- Place
- Makhl-E-Nakhoda,bandar Abbas,bazaar, Iran
- Magnitude
- 6.3 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 100 km (62 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 27.280° N, 56.460° 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
April 24, 1949, 04:22, 27.28 N, 56.46 E, magnitude 6.3 Ms, 6.1 mb (reference #1117)
April 24, 1949, Bandar, Iran, 27.2 E, 56.2 E. (reference #1212)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 11, 1897, Qeshm Island, Larak Island, Iran
- October 31, 1956, Bastak, Iran
- May 19, 1884, Qeshm I,bandar-E-Laft,saheli,tonban,direstan, Iran
- March 21, 1977, Bandar Abbas, Iran
- November 6, 1990, S, Darab, Iran
- November 27, 2005, Qeshm, Zirang
- January 15, 1953, Lar, Iran
- July 9, 1902, Qeshm,bandar Abbas,genu, Qeshm Island, Iran
- March 7, 1975, Sarkhun,qaleh Qazi,qadhad,nong-E-Bala, Iran
- September 10, 2008, Hormozgan Province, Iran
- July 29, 1963, Gahkom,laigazan,patkuiyeh,golruiyeh,ganj, Iran
- July 1, 2022, Hormozgan Province, Iran
- November 14, 2021, Hormozgan Province, Iran
- June 3, 2006, Qeshm, Southern, Iran
- May 11, 2013, Bashagard, Hormozgan, 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 3902.