June 23, 1968 Earthquake: Ghalegh Seyed,khesht,konar Takhteh, Iran

Date

June 23, 1968

Time

09:16:00 UTC

Place

Ghalegh Seyed,khesht,konar Takhteh, Iran

Magnitude

5.3

Focal depth

32 km (20 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

29.800° N, 51.200° E

Country

Iran

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 22, 1853, Shiraz, Iran13,000 deaths · 128 km
• May 27, 1989, Do Gobadan, Fars, Yasuj, IranM5.8 · 114 deaths · $5 million · 49 km
• April 9, 2013, Shanbe, Kaki, Sena, Bushehr Province, IranM6.4 · 37 deaths · $297 million · 157 km
• May 6, 1999, Fars Province, Southern, IranM6.2 · 26 deaths · 800 houses destroyed · 74 km
• June 22, 1993, Bovir Ahmadi VA Kohkiluyeh, IranM5.4 · 24 deaths · 54 km
• November 28, 2013, Borazjan, IranM5.8 · 8 deaths · 250 houses destroyed · 54 km
• June 20, 1994, Firuzabad, Shiraz, IranM5.9 · 3 deaths · 165 km
• February 17, 2021, Esfahan, Kohgiluyeh, Boyer-Ahmad, IranM5.4 · 2 deaths · $10 million · 117 km
• December 18, 1925, Ahram,domrubah,mahmudabadi,ab Garm, IranM5.5 · 2 deaths · 145 km
• March 1, 1994, Firuzabad, Southern, IranM6.1 · 2 deaths · 158 km
• September 21, 1975, Sarpir,dorahan,deh Bagh, IranM5.5 · 2 deaths · 195 km
• July 12, 1986, S, Fars Province, Mamasani, Shiraz, IranM5.6 · 1 death · 300 houses destroyed · 41 km
• September 27, 2010, Shiraz, IranM5.8 · 1 death · 48 km
• August 11, 1988, S, Mamasani, Bushehr, Nurabad, IranM6.1 · 1 death · 50 km
• April 1953, Khan-E-Zenyan,khatiri, Iran1 death · 118 km

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