August 26, 1971 Earthquake: Baba Kelu, Iran

Date

August 26, 1971

Time

06:55:08 UTC

Place

Baba Kelu, Iran

Magnitude

4.8 (mb)

Focal depth

45 km (28 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

30.000° N, 50.700° 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 · 179 km
• May 27, 1989, Do Gobadan, Fars, Yasuj, IranM5.8 · 114 deaths · $5 million · 28 km
• April 9, 2013, Shanbe, Kaki, Sena, Bushehr Province, IranM6.4 · 37 deaths · $297 million · 195 km
• May 6, 1999, Fars Province, Southern, IranM6.2 · 26 deaths · 800 houses destroyed · 127 km
• June 22, 1993, Bovir Ahmadi VA Kohkiluyeh, IranM5.4 · 24 deaths · 20 km
• November 28, 2013, Borazjan, IranM5.8 · 8 deaths · 250 houses destroyed · 96 km
• March 4, 1992, Lordegan Ardal Area, IranM4.6 · 6 deaths · 300 houses destroyed · 192 km
• February 17, 2021, Esfahan, Kohgiluyeh, Boyer-Ahmad, IranM5.4 · 2 deaths · $10 million · 113 km
• December 18, 1925, Ahram,domrubah,mahmudabadi,ab Garm, IranM5.5 · 2 deaths · 174 km
• September 21, 1975, Sarpir,dorahan,deh Bagh, IranM5.5 · 2 deaths · 176 km
• July 12, 1986, S, Fars Province, Mamasani, Shiraz, IranM5.6 · 1 death · 300 houses destroyed · 85 km
• August 11, 1988, S, Mamasani, Bushehr, Nurabad, IranM6.1 · 1 death · 94 km
• September 27, 2010, Shiraz, IranM5.8 · 1 death · 101 km
• April 1953, Khan-E-Zenyan,khatiri, Iran1 death · 168 km
• September 8, 1992, Firuzabad, IranM4.7 · 1 death · 200 houses destroyed · 173 km

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