May 3, 1989 Earthquake: SW, Shiraz, Mamasani, Iran

Date

May 3, 1989

Time

09:13:24 UTC

Place

SW, Shiraz, Mamasani, Iran

Magnitude

5.1 (mb)

Focal depth

33 km (21 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

29.964° N, 51.655° 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 · 91 km
• May 27, 1989, Do Gobadan, Fars, Yasuj, IranM5.8 · 114 deaths · $5 million · 74 km
• April 9, 2013, Shanbe, Kaki, Sena, Bushehr Province, IranM6.4 · 37 deaths · $297 million · 171 km
• May 6, 1999, Fars Province, Southern, IranM6.2 · 26 deaths · 800 houses destroyed · 56 km
• June 22, 1993, Bovir Ahmadi VA Kohkiluyeh, IranM5.4 · 24 deaths · 84 km
• November 28, 2013, Borazjan, IranM5.8 · 8 deaths · 250 houses destroyed · 79 km
• June 20, 1994, Firuzabad, Shiraz, IranM5.9 · 3 deaths · 145 km
• February 17, 2021, Esfahan, Kohgiluyeh, Boyer-Ahmad, IranM5.4 · 2 deaths · $10 million · 101 km
• March 1, 1994, Firuzabad, Southern, IranM6.1 · 2 deaths · 134 km
• December 18, 1925, Ahram,domrubah,mahmudabadi,ab Garm, IranM5.5 · 2 deaths · 169 km
• September 21, 1975, Sarpir,dorahan,deh Bagh, IranM5.5 · 2 deaths · 185 km
• August 11, 1988, S, Mamasani, Bushehr, Nurabad, IranM6.1 · 1 death · 3 km
• July 12, 1986, S, Fars Province, Mamasani, Shiraz, IranM5.6 · 1 death · 300 houses destroyed · 7 km
• September 27, 2010, Shiraz, IranM5.8 · 1 death · 35 km
• September 8, 1992, Firuzabad, IranM4.7 · 1 death · 200 houses destroyed · 106 km

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