February 14, 1971 Earthquake: Jailan,bokran,hosseinabad,sharifabad, Iran

Date

February 14, 1971

Time

16:27:36 UTC

Place

Jailan,bokran,hosseinabad,sharifabad, Iran

Magnitude

5.3 (Ms)

Focal depth

39 km (24 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

36.600° N, 55.600° E

Country

Iran

Deaths

1

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.

• December 22, 856, Damghan, Qumis, IranM7.9 · 200,000 deaths · 125 km
• November 18, 1667, Shirvan, Shamkha, Iran12,000 deaths · 182 km
• May 20, 1932, Torbet-I-Kheydarly, IranM5.4 · 1,070 deaths · 196 km
• February 12, 1953, Torud, IranM6.6 · 970 deaths · 1,800 houses destroyed · 146 km
• April 2, 1879, Bojnurd, IranM6.7 · 700 deaths · 188 km
• April 11, 1935, Kevsut, Alborz, Sari, IranM6.4 · 690 deaths · 174 km
• July 30, 1970, Karnaveh, Marev, IranM6.7 · 220 deaths · $8 million · 2,000 houses destroyed · 136 km
• July 11, 1890, Tash, Astrabad (Gorgan), Bastam, Shakhrud, IranM7.2 · 171 deaths · 89 km
• September 17, 1923, Bodzhnurd, Qaleh Jaq Kmen, IranM6.4 · 157 deaths · 198 km
• February 4, 1997, Bojnurd, Shirvan, Esfarayen, IranM6.5 · 88 deaths · $30 million · 5,500 houses destroyed · 191 km
• April 5, 1944, Gorgan, IranM5.2 · 20 deaths · 101 km
• August 27, 2010, Damghan-Torud, IranM5.7 · 3 deaths · 700 houses destroyed · 160 km
• May 13, 2017, Khorasan, IranM5.6 · 3 deaths · $2 million · 193 km
• 1300, Neyshabur (Neishabur),firrim, IranM6.5 · 42 km
• November 9, 1977, Gorgan, IranM4.9 · 52 km

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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 4559.