February 2, 2000 Earthquake: Bardaskan, Kashmar, Iran

Date

February 2, 2000

Time

22:58:01 UTC

Place

Bardaskan, Kashmar, Iran

Magnitude

5.3 (Mw)

Focal depth

33 km (21 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

35.288° N, 58.218° E

Country

Iran

Deaths

1

Injuries

15

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Houses destroyed

100

Houses damaged

100; 300 with its tsunami and other effects

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.

• 1101, Khorasan, IranM6.5 · 60,000 deaths · 106 km
• October 21, 1336, Khaf, IranM7.6 · 20,000 deaths · 150 km
• August 31, 1968, Dasht-E-Bayaz, IranM7.1 · 10,488 deaths · $35 million · 12,000 houses destroyed · 148 km
• July 30, 1673, Mashhad, Neyshabur (Nishapur), IranM6.6 · 5,600 deaths · 149 km
• December 19, 1618, Dughabad,khorasan, Iran800 deaths · 38 km
• September 1, 1968, Ferdow, IranM6.2 · 700 deaths · 1,500 houses destroyed · 143 km
• December 14, 1925, Bajestan, IranM5.5 · 500 deaths · 77 km
• September 23, 1947, Dustabad, IranM6.9 · 500 deaths · 191 km
• September 25, 1903, Kashmar, IranM5.9 · 350 deaths · 10 km
• January 16, 1979, Bonzanabad, IranM6.5 · 129 deaths · 1,700 houses destroyed · 195 km
• August 21, 1928, Shirvan, IranM5.6 · 30 deaths · 193 km
• November 7, 1976, Khorasan Province, IranM6 · 17 deaths · 184 km
• October 5, 1962, Torbat Heydariyeh, Akhmedabad, IranM5 · 6 deaths · 49 km
• June 18, 2024, Kashmar, IranM4.9 · 4 deaths · 22 km
• March 31, 1963, Hendojan, IranM5 · 4 deaths · 100 houses destroyed · 192 km

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