January 11, 2003 Earthquake: Kazerun, Nurabad, Iran

Name: January 11, 2003 Earthquake: Kazerun, Nurabad, Iran
Start: 2003-01-11
Location: Kazerun, Nurabad, Iran

January 11, 2003 · M5.2 · 650 houses destroyed

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Kazerun, Nurabad, Iran on January 11, 2003 at 17:45:30 UTC, 33 km below the surface.

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: January 11, 2003
Time: 17:45:30 UTC
Place: Kazerun, Nurabad, Iran
Magnitude: 5.2 (Mw)
Focal depth: 33 km (21 mi)
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 29.590° N, 51.474° E
Country: Iran

The toll

Injuries: Some (about 51 to 100)
Damage: Severe (about $5 to $25 million)
Houses destroyed: 650
Houses damaged: 650; 1,350 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.

What the record says

NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.

Several people injured, about 650 houses destroyed and at least 1,350 houses damaged in the Kazerun-Nurabad area. (reference #1053)

Other significant earthquakes nearby

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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 5671.