June 27, 1961 Earthquake: Iran

Date

June 27, 1961

Time

00:49:00 UTC

Place

Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

33.500° N, 49.400° E

Country

Iran

Deaths

5

Injuries

Many (about 101 to 1,000)

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 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.

• January 30, 1778, Kashan, Iran30,000 deaths · 176 km
• January 23, 1909, Silakor, IranM7.3 · 5,500 deaths · 128 km
• May 12, 1844, Kashan, Qamsar, Kamu, Kushian, Chuka, IranM6.4 · 1,500 deaths · 186 km
• December 13, 1957, Farsinaj, IranM6.5 · 1,200 deaths · 182 km
• 1574, Fin,kashan, Iran1,200 deaths · 193 km
• August 16, 1958, Firuzabad, IranM6.7 · 132 deaths · 2,500 houses destroyed · 167 km
• December 14, 1978, Masjed-E-Soleyman, IranM6.1 · 76 deaths · 157 km
• March 31, 2006, Borujerd, Dorud, Western, IranM6.1 · 70 deaths · 57 km
• December 19, 1980, N Central, Tehran, IranM6 · 26 deaths · $5 million · 167 km
• July 15, 1929, Masjed Soleyman,andarkah, IranM6.2 · 6 deaths · 147 km
• December 22, 1980, N Central, Tehran, IranM5.2 · 3 deaths · $1 million · 156 km
• October 14, 1961, Iran2 deaths · 121 km
• May 29, 1987, W, Nahavand-Hamaden-Tuysarkan, IranM4.6 · 2 deaths · 123 km
• July 8, 2019, Masjed-E Soleyman, IranM5.7 · 1 death · 192 km
• 1888, Lake Irene, Iran24 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 4247.