December 7, 2008 Earthquake: Southern Iran

Date

December 7, 2008

Time

13:36:21 UTC

Place

Southern Iran

Magnitude

5.4 (Mw)

Focal depth

15 km (9 mi)

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

26.990° N, 55.800° E

Country

Iran

Injuries

5

Damage

Limited (under about $1 million)

Houses damaged

Few (about 1 to 50) 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.

• January 11, 1897, Qeshm Island, Larak Island, IranM6.1 · 1,600 deaths · 46 km
• April 24, 1960, Lar, IranM5.9 · 420 deaths · $20 million · 158 km
• October 31, 1956, Bastak, IranM6.4 · 410 deaths · $2.8 million · 140 km
• May 19, 1884, Qeshm I,bandar-E-Laft,saheli,tonban,direstan, Iran238 deaths · 23 km
• March 21, 1977, Bandar Abbas, IranM6.7 · 167 deaths · 1,500 houses destroyed · 87 km
• August 1880, Bastak, Jonah, Iran120 deaths · 159 km
• June 11, 1961, Dehkuyeh,khaneh,lar,shagheb,nokhriz,bighu, IranM6.4 · 61 deaths · 500 houses destroyed · 159 km
• November 6, 1990, S, Darab, IranM6.5 · 22 deaths · $232.3 million · 1,445 houses destroyed · 144 km
• November 27, 2005, Qeshm, ZirangM6 · 13 deaths · 25 km
• January 15, 1953, Lar, IranM5.5 · 13 deaths · 134 km
• July 9, 1902, Qeshm,bandar Abbas,genu, Qeshm Island, IranM6.3 · 10 deaths · 51 km
• September 10, 2008, Hormozgan Province, IranM6.1 · 7 deaths · 28 km
• March 7, 1975, Sarkhun,qaleh Qazi,qadhad,nong-E-Bala, IranM6.1 · 7 deaths · 73 km
• July 1, 2022, Hormozgan Province, IranM6 · 5 deaths · $142 million · 56 km
• July 29, 1963, Gahkom,laigazan,patkuiyeh,golruiyeh,ganj, IranM5.2 · 5 deaths · 350 houses destroyed · 92 km

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