September 5, 1957 Earthquake: Jahrom, Iran

Date

September 5, 1957

Place

Jahrom, Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

28.300° N, 53.300° E

Country

Iran

Deaths

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.

• April 11, 1008, Dainawar, Iran-IraqM6.5 · 16,000 deaths · 117 km
• April 22, 1853, Shiraz, Iran13,000 deaths · 164 km
• April 10, 1972, Qir,karzin, Jahrom, Firuzabad, IranM6.6 · 5,374 deaths · 54 km
• June 17, 978, Taheri (Siraf), IranM5.3 · 2,000 deaths · 119 km
• April 24, 1960, Lar, IranM5.9 · 420 deaths · $20 million · 129 km
• October 31, 1956, Bastak, IranM6.4 · 410 deaths · $2.8 million · 151 km
• August 1880, Bastak, Jonah, Iran120 deaths · 160 km
• June 11, 1961, Dehkuyeh,khaneh,lar,shagheb,nokhriz,bighu, IranM6.4 · 61 deaths · 500 houses destroyed · 130 km
• April 9, 2013, Shanbe, Kaki, Sena, Bushehr Province, IranM6.4 · 37 deaths · $297 million · 168 km
• January 19, 1950, Bushire, IranM5.7 · 30 deaths · 119 km
• May 6, 1999, Fars Province, Southern, IranM6.2 · 26 deaths · 800 houses destroyed · 192 km
• January 15, 1953, Lar, IranM5.5 · 13 deaths · 155 km
• March 24, 1913, Teyhan, IranM5.8 · 11 deaths · 171 km
• November 13, 1998, Bigherd-Khonj, Southern, IranM5.4 · 5 deaths · 64 km
• January 6, 2017, Khonj, IranM5 · 4 deaths · 22 km

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