July 2, 1957 Earthquake: Hazanderan, Abegarm, Iran
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Hazanderan, Abegarm, Iran on July 2, 1957 at 00:42:26 UTC, 15 km below the surface. It killed 1,100 people.
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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
- July 2, 1957
- Time
- 00:42:26 UTC
- Place
- Hazanderan, Abegarm, Iran
- Magnitude
- 6.6 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 15 km (9 mi)
- Intensity
- 9 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 36.277° N, 52.778° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- Deaths
- 1,100
- Injuries
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
- 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.
Reference #1250 lists 2500 deaths.
Reference #1138, #3937 lists 1100 deaths.
Reference #12864 lists at least 1500 deaths, 120 villages destroyed.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 22, 856, Damghan, Qumis, Iran
- July 15, 850, Rey (Ray), Iran
- April 26, 662, Semnan,damghan, Qumis, Iran
- May 20, 1932, Torbet-I-Kheydarly, Iran
- April 11, 1935, Kevsut, Alborz, Sari, Iran
- May 9, 1830, Damavand,tehran,semnan,damghan, Iran
- July 11, 1890, Tash, Astrabad (Gorgan), Bastam, Shakhrud, Iran
- March 5, 1935, Alborz, Iran
- May 28, 2004, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Tehran, Iran
- March 25, 1983, Tehran, Damavond, Amoi, Iran
- May 11, 1945, Garmsar,kerand,bankuh, Iran
- April 5, 1944, Gorgan, Iran
- August 27, 2010, Damghan-Torud, Iran
- May 7, 2020, Tehran, Damavand, Iran
- December 20, 2017, Alborz, 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 4137.