June 11, 1961 Earthquake: Dehkuyeh,khaneh,lar,shagheb,nokhriz,bighu, Iran
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Dehkuyeh,khaneh,lar,shagheb,nokhriz,bighu, Iran on June 11, 1961 at 05:10:28 UTC, 15 km below the surface. It killed 61 people.
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
- June 11, 1961
- Time
- 05:10:28 UTC
- Place
- Dehkuyeh,khaneh,lar,shagheb,nokhriz,bighu, Iran
- Magnitude
- 6.4 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 15 km (9 mi)
- Intensity
- 8 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 27.861° N, 54.528° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- Deaths
- 60; 61 with its tsunami and other effects
- Injuries
- Many (about 101 to 1,000)
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 500
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 #1138 lists magnitude 7.2 and 61 deaths.
Reference #12864 and #3937 lists magnitude 6.5 and 60 deaths.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 10, 1972, Qir,karzin, Jahrom, Firuzabad, Iran
- January 11, 1897, Qeshm Island, Larak Island, Iran
- April 24, 1960, Lar, Iran
- October 31, 1956, Bastak, Iran
- May 19, 1884, Qeshm I,bandar-E-Laft,saheli,tonban,direstan, Iran
- March 21, 1977, Bandar Abbas, Iran
- August 1880, Bastak, Jonah, Iran
- January 19, 1950, Bushire, Iran
- November 6, 1990, S, Darab, Iran
- January 15, 1953, Lar, Iran
- November 27, 2005, Qeshm, Zirang
- March 24, 1913, Teyhan, 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
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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 4246.