April 1953 Earthquake: Khan-E-Zenyan,khatiri, Iran

Date

April 1953

Place

Khan-E-Zenyan,khatiri, Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

29.000° N, 52.000° E

Country

Iran

Deaths

1

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.

• April 11, 1008, Dainawar, Iran-IraqM6.5 · 16,000 deaths · 152 km
• April 22, 1853, Shiraz, Iran13,000 deaths · 82 km
• April 10, 1972, Qir,karzin, Jahrom, Firuzabad, IranM6.6 · 5,374 deaths · 99 km
• June 17, 978, Taheri (Siraf), IranM5.3 · 2,000 deaths · 148 km
• May 27, 1989, Do Gobadan, Fars, Yasuj, IranM5.8 · 114 deaths · $5 million · 167 km
• April 9, 2013, Shanbe, Kaki, Sena, Bushehr Province, IranM6.4 · 37 deaths · $297 million · 75 km
• May 6, 1999, Fars Province, Southern, IranM6.2 · 26 deaths · 800 houses destroyed · 57 km
• June 22, 1993, Bovir Ahmadi VA Kohkiluyeh, IranM5.4 · 24 deaths · 172 km
• November 28, 2013, Borazjan, IranM5.8 · 8 deaths · 250 houses destroyed · 76 km
• January 6, 2017, Khonj, IranM5 · 4 deaths · 140 km
• June 20, 1994, Firuzabad, Shiraz, IranM5.9 · 3 deaths · 60 km
• March 1, 1994, Firuzabad, Southern, IranM6.1 · 2 deaths · 61 km
• December 18, 1925, Ahram,domrubah,mahmudabadi,ab Garm, IranM5.5 · 2 deaths · 96 km
• September 8, 1992, Firuzabad, IranM4.7 · 1 death · 200 houses destroyed · 24 km
• September 27, 2010, Shiraz, IranM5.8 · 1 death · 79 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 4019.