January 5, 2011 Earthquake: Fars Province, Iran
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck Fars Province, Iran on January 5, 2011 at 16:32:24 UTC, 24 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
- January 5, 2011
- Time
- 16:32:24 UTC
- Place
- Fars Province, Iran
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 24 km (15 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 30.160° N, 51.620° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- Injuries
- 16
- Damage
- Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)
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.
Quake strikes Iran's Fars province, 16 injured SHIRAZ, Fars Province, Jan. 5 (MNA) - An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale hit the city of Sepidan in Fars province on Wednesday morning, injuring 16 people. Rescue operation is underway, official said. A number of old houses in rural areas have been damaged and seven villages have been severely damaged. At least five aftershocks have occurred after the main quake. The earthquake also rocked other cities in the province including the capital city of Shiraz.
(reference #9208)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- April 22, 1853, Shiraz, Iran
- May 27, 1989, Do Gobadan, Fars, Yasuj, Iran
- April 9, 2013, Shanbe, Kaki, Sena, Bushehr Province, Iran
- May 6, 1999, Fars Province, Southern, Iran
- June 22, 1993, Bovir Ahmadi VA Kohkiluyeh, Iran
- November 28, 2013, Borazjan, Iran
- March 4, 1992, Lordegan Ardal Area, Iran
- June 20, 1994, Firuzabad, Shiraz, Iran
- February 17, 2021, Esfahan, Kohgiluyeh, Boyer-Ahmad, Iran
- March 1, 1994, Firuzabad, Southern, Iran
- September 21, 1975, Sarpir,dorahan,deh Bagh, Iran
- December 18, 1925, Ahram,domrubah,mahmudabadi,ab Garm, Iran
- August 11, 1988, S, Mamasani, Bushehr, Nurabad, Iran
- July 12, 1986, S, Fars Province, Mamasani, Shiraz, Iran
- September 27, 2010, Shiraz, 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 9762.