February 2, 2014 Earthquake: Goharan, Iran
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck Goharan, Iran on February 2, 2014 at 14:26:45 UTC, 10 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
- February 2, 2014
- Time
- 14:26:45 UTC
- Place
- Goharan, Iran
- Magnitude
- 5.3 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 26.589° N, 57.741° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses damaged
- Many (101 to 1,000)
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.
Iranian state TV says a magnitude 5.5 earthquake Sunday has jolted a sparsely populated area in the country's south.
The report said the quake hit Sunday evening in the district of Goharan, about 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) southeast of the capital, Tehran. It says many of the town buildings were damaged and that rescue workers were on the scene.
The quake affected cellular phone coverage in the region with some 15,000 populations. No casualties are reported so far.
(reference #10865)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- January 11, 1897, Qeshm Island, Larak Island, Iran
- May 19, 1884, Qeshm I,bandar-E-Laft,saheli,tonban,direstan, Iran
- March 21, 1977, Bandar Abbas, Iran
- November 27, 2005, Qeshm, Zirang
- July 9, 1902, Qeshm,bandar Abbas,genu, Qeshm Island, Iran
- March 7, 1975, Sarkhun,qaleh Qazi,qadhad,nong-E-Bala, Iran
- September 10, 2008, Hormozgan Province, Iran
- May 11, 2013, Bashagard, Hormozgan, Iran
- June 3, 2006, Qeshm, Southern, Iran
- 1482, Hormoz,oman, Iran
- April 25, 1905, Bandar Abbas,qeshm,hengam, Iran
- April 24, 1949, Makhl-E-Nakhoda,bandar Abbas,bazaar, Iran
- 1306, Qeshm Island, Iran
- May 9, 1336, Qeshm, Iran
- May 17, 1703, Qeshm Island (Qishm Island), 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 10072.