March 14, 1970 Earthquake: Badalan,qeris,batchi,dizeh,pesak,hesar, Iran
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck Badalan,qeris,batchi,dizeh,pesak,hesar, Iran on March 14, 1970 at 01:51:44 UTC, 23 km below the surface. It killed 5 people.
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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
- March 14, 1970
- Time
- 01:51:44 UTC
- Place
- Badalan,qeris,batchi,dizeh,pesak,hesar, Iran
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 23 km (14 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 38.600° N, 44.700° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- Deaths
- 5
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Many (101 to 1,000)
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.
March 14, 1970, 01:51:44.4 UTC, Turkey-Iran border region, 38.6 N, 44.7 E, depth 23 km, magnitude 4.8 Ms. Five killed at Baulan. Two other villages destroyed, 300 homeless. (reference #45)
March 14, 1970, 01:51 UTC, 38.6 N, 44.7 E, depth 23 km, magnitude 5.3 mb, 5.2 Ms. Widely felt in Turkey and Iran; 5 persons killed at Badlan (Iranian Azarbaijan); buildings destroyed at Badlan, Badalabad and Safok, damage at Khvoy; felt at Jolfa, Alamdor, Gugard, Shahpur, Maku and Bazargan.
(reference #1039)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 24, 893, Ardabil, Dvin, Iran, Armenia
- November 18, 1727, Tabriz, Iran
- January 8, 1780, Tabriz, Iran
- November 4, 1042, Tabriz, Iran
- August 21, 1042, Tabriz, Iran
- April 26, 1721, Tabriz, Iran
- February 5, 1641, Tabriz, Kurdistan, Iran
- 851, Dvin, Armenia
- January 858, Dvina, Turkey, Armenia
- December 27, 1779, Tabriz, Iran
- June 4, 1679, Dvina, Turkey, Armenia
- November 24, 1976, Muradiye, Turkey
- April 28, 1903, Malazgirt, Turkey
- April 27, 1931, Zangezur, Nakhitchevan, Armenia
- May 6, 1930, Salmas, 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 4520.