April 6, 1971 Earthquake: Dasht-E-Arjan,khan-E-Zenyan,shiraz, Iran
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Dasht-E-Arjan,khan-E-Zenyan,shiraz, Iran on April 6, 1971 at 06:49:52 UTC, 10 km below the surface.
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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
- April 6, 1971
- Time
- 06:49:52 UTC
- Place
- Dasht-E-Arjan,khan-E-Zenyan,shiraz, Iran
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 29.800° N, 51.900° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 22, 1853, Shiraz, Iran
- April 10, 1972, Qir,karzin, Jahrom, Firuzabad, Iran
- May 27, 1989, Do Gobadan, Fars, Yasuj, Iran
- April 9, 2013, Shanbe, Kaki, Sena, Bushehr Province, Iran
- May 6, 1999, Fars Province, Southern, Iran
- June 22, 1993, Bovir Ahmadi VA Kohkiluyeh, Iran
- November 28, 2013, Borazjan, Iran
- June 20, 1994, Firuzabad, Shiraz, Iran
- March 1, 1994, Firuzabad, Southern, Iran
- February 17, 2021, Esfahan, Kohgiluyeh, Boyer-Ahmad, Iran
- December 18, 1925, Ahram,domrubah,mahmudabadi,ab Garm, Iran
- September 27, 2010, Shiraz, Iran
- August 11, 1988, S, Mamasani, Bushehr, Nurabad, Iran
- July 12, 1986, S, Fars Province, Mamasani, Shiraz, Iran
- September 8, 1992, Firuzabad, 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 4560.