November 22, 2004 Earthquake: Khorramabad, Pol-E Dokhtar, Iran
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Khorramabad, Pol-E Dokhtar, Iran on November 22, 2004 at 04:01:30 UTC, 36 km below the surface.
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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
- November 22, 2004
- Time
- 04:01:30 UTC
- Place
- Khorramabad, Pol-E Dokhtar, Iran
- Magnitude
- 5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 36 km (22 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 33.297° N, 47.977° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- Injuries
- Some (about 51 to 100)
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- Few (about 1 to 50)
- Houses damaged
- Few (about 1 to 50)
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 slightly injured and several vehicles damaged by rockslides on the road between Khorramabad and Pol-e Dokhtar. Some houses slightly damaged in the Pol-e Dokhtar area. (reference #1053)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- November 18, 871, Saimareh, Iran
- December 13, 1957, Farsinaj, Iran
- August 16, 1958, Firuzabad, Iran
- December 2, 1864, Zurbatiyah, Badrah, Tursaq, Baghdad, Iraq
- March 31, 2006, Borujerd, Dorud, Western, Iran
- June 27, 1961, Iran
- October 14, 1961, Iran
- May 29, 1987, W, Nahavand-Hamaden-Tuysarkan, Iran
- April 24, 2002, Kermanshah, Western, Iran
- May 3, 2012, Mourmouri, Abdanan, Dehloran, Iran
- October 5, 1998, Darreh Shahr, Pol-E-Dokhtar, Western, Iran
- August 18, 2014, Abdanan, Ilam Province, Iran
- May 1, 2008, Lorestan, Boroujerd, Iran
- November 6, 2010, Dorud-Razan, Iran
- March 6, 2007, Dorud, Western, Iran
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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 5814.