July 3, 2003 Earthquake: Yakhak, Bashirabad, Butehgaz, Northeastern, Iran

Name: July 3, 2003 Earthquake: Yakhak, Bashirabad, Butehgaz, Northeastern, Iran
Start: 2003-07-03
Location: Yakhak, Bashirabad, Butehgaz, Northeastern, Iran

July 3, 2003 · M5.2

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Yakhak, Bashirabad, Butehgaz, Northeastern, Iran on July 3, 2003 at 14:59:32 UTC, 41 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: July 3, 2003
Time: 14:59:32 UTC
Place: Yakhak, Bashirabad, Butehgaz, Northeastern, Iran
Magnitude: 5.2 (Mw)
Focal depth: 41 km (25 mi)
Tsunami: None recorded
Epicenter: 35.476° N, 60.784° E
Country: Iran

The toll

Damage: Limited (under about $1 million)
Houses damaged: 90 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.

Sixty houses damaged at Yakhak, 50 houses damaged at Bashirabad and 40 houses damaged at Butehgaz. (reference #1053)

Other significant earthquakes nearby

Within 200 km, the deadliest first.

Significant earthquakes of 2003 The 2000s Every quake the USGS located in 2003 Recent earthquakes near here This day in weather history

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 5704.