May 27, 1989 Earthquake: Do Gobadan, Fars, Yasuj, Iran
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Do Gobadan, Fars, Yasuj, Iran on May 27, 1989 at 20:08:37 UTC, 31 km below the surface. It killed 114 people.
Map
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
- May 27, 1989
- Time
- 20:08:37 UTC
- Place
- Do Gobadan, Fars, Yasuj, Iran
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (Ms)
- Focal depth
- 31 km (19 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 30.167° N, 50.921° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- Deaths
- 114
- Damage
- $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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 22, 1853, Shiraz, Iran
- April 6, 1977, Naghan,ardal,jaghdan,dastgerd,kordan,sarmur, Iran
- May 6, 1999, Fars Province, Southern, Iran
- June 22, 1993, Bovir Ahmadi VA Kohkiluyeh, Iran
- November 28, 2013, Borazjan, Iran
- March 4, 1992, Lordegan Ardal Area, Iran
- February 17, 2021, Esfahan, Kohgiluyeh, Boyer-Ahmad, Iran
- September 21, 1975, Sarpir,dorahan,deh Bagh, Iran
- December 18, 1925, Ahram,domrubah,mahmudabadi,ab Garm, Iran
- July 12, 1986, S, Fars Province, Mamasani, Shiraz, Iran
- August 11, 1988, S, Mamasani, Bushehr, Nurabad, Iran
- September 27, 2010, Shiraz, Iran
- April 1953, Khan-E-Zenyan,khatiri, Iran
- September 8, 1992, Firuzabad, Iran
- July 2, 1972, Mishan-E-Markazi,talkhab,mishan Sofla, 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 5199.