July 3, 2008 Earthquake: Katkan, NE, Iran

Date

July 3, 2008

Time

23:10:02 UTC

Place

Katkan, NE, Iran

Magnitude

5 (Mw)

Focal depth

10 km (6 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

35.500° N, 58.800° E

Country

Iran

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses destroyed

Some (about 51 to 100)

Houses damaged

Some (about 51 to 100)

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 · 58 km
• October 21, 1336, Khaf, IranM7.6 · 20,000 deaths · 121 km
• November 17, 1893, Quchan, Mashhad, Bojnurd, IranM6.6 · 18,000 deaths · 192 km
• August 31, 1968, Dasht-E-Bayaz, IranM7.1 · 10,488 deaths · $35 million · 12,000 houses destroyed · 151 km
• July 30, 1673, Mashhad, Neyshabur (Nishapur), IranM6.6 · 5,600 deaths · 100 km
• February 22, 1852, Khabushan (NW Kuchan), IranM5.8 · 2,000 deaths · 181 km
• January 17, 1895, Quchan, IranM6.8 · 1,000 deaths · 181 km
• December 19, 1618, Dughabad,khorasan, Iran800 deaths · 91 km
• September 1, 1968, Ferdow, IranM6.2 · 700 deaths · 1,500 houses destroyed · 176 km
• December 14, 1925, Bajestan, IranM5.5 · 500 deaths · 119 km
• September 25, 1903, Kashmar, IranM5.9 · 350 deaths · 64 km
• November 14, 1979, Khorasan, IranM6.6 · 171 deaths · 216 houses destroyed · 194 km
• January 16, 1979, Bonzanabad, IranM6.5 · 129 deaths · 1,700 houses destroyed · 189 km
• January 3, 1969, NE Khurasan Province, IranM5.5 · 50 deaths · 100 houses destroyed · 199 km
• August 21, 1928, Shirvan, IranM5.6 · 30 deaths · 156 km

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