October 14, 1961 Earthquake: Iran
An earthquake struck Iran on October 14, 1961 at 07:01:00 UTC, 33 km below the surface. It killed 2 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
- October 14, 1961
- Time
- 07:01:00 UTC
- Place
- Iran
- Focal depth
- 33 km (21 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 33.600° N, 48.100° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- November 18, 871, Saimareh, Iran
- December 13, 1957, Farsinaj, Iran
- August 16, 1958, Firuzabad, Iran
- December 2, 1864, Zurbatiyah, Badrah, Tursaq, Baghdad, Iraq
- March 31, 2006, Borujerd, Dorud, Western, Iran
- June 27, 1961, Iran
- May 29, 1987, W, Nahavand-Hamaden-Tuysarkan, Iran
- April 24, 2002, Kermanshah, Western, Iran
- November 22, 2004, Khorramabad, Pol-E Dokhtar, Iran
- May 1, 2008, Lorestan, Boroujerd, Iran
- March 6, 2007, Dorud, Western, Iran
- November 6, 2010, Dorud-Razan, Iran
- October 5, 1998, Darreh Shahr, Pol-E-Dokhtar, Western, Iran
- March 24, 1963, Karkhaneh, Iran
- June 1872, Hamadan, Iran
More
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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 4253.