February 17, 2002 Earthquake: Baghan, Iran

Date

February 17, 2002

Time

13:03:52 UTC

Place

Baghan, Iran

Magnitude

5.4 (Mw)

Focal depth

33 km (21 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

28.093° N, 51.755° E

Country

Iran

Deaths

1

Injuries

30

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

Houses damaged

Many (101 to 1,000) 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.

• April 11, 1008, Dainawar, Iran-IraqM6.5 · 16,000 deaths · 75 km
• April 22, 1853, Shiraz, Iran13,000 deaths · 183 km
• April 10, 1972, Qir,karzin, Jahrom, Firuzabad, IranM6.6 · 5,374 deaths · 105 km
• June 17, 978, Taheri (Siraf), IranM5.3 · 2,000 deaths · 69 km
• April 9, 2013, Shanbe, Kaki, Sena, Bushehr Province, IranM6.4 · 37 deaths · $297 million · 40 km
• January 19, 1950, Bushire, IranM5.7 · 30 deaths · 156 km
• May 6, 1999, Fars Province, Southern, IranM6.2 · 26 deaths · 800 houses destroyed · 157 km
• November 28, 2013, Borazjan, IranM5.8 · 8 deaths · 250 houses destroyed · 143 km
• November 13, 1998, Bigherd-Khonj, Southern, IranM5.4 · 5 deaths · 185 km
• January 6, 2017, Khonj, IranM5 · 4 deaths · 133 km
• June 20, 1994, Firuzabad, Shiraz, IranM5.9 · 3 deaths · 128 km
• December 18, 1925, Ahram,domrubah,mahmudabadi,ab Garm, IranM5.5 · 2 deaths · 71 km
• March 1, 1994, Firuzabad, Southern, IranM6.1 · 2 deaths · 140 km
• August 20, 1954, Tonbak,kangan,sabakhi,akhtar, IranM5 · 1 death · 70 km
• April 1953, Khan-E-Zenyan,khatiri, Iran1 death · 104 km

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