April 5, 2017 Earthquake: Sefid Sang, Iran
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Sefid Sang, Iran on April 5, 2017 at 06:09:12 UTC, 13 km below the surface. It killed 2 people.
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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
- April 5, 2017
- Time
- 06:09:12 UTC
- Place
- Sefid Sang, Iran
- Magnitude
- 6.1 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 13 km (8 mi)
- Intensity
- 6 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.776° N, 60.436° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 11
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- 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.
A powerful magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck northeastern Iran near the holy city of Mashhad on Wednesday, killing at least two people as residents fled onto the streets and aftershocks shook the region. The shallow temblor damaged at least four villages near its epicenter in the Sefid Sang district, a remote mountainous area home to 5,000 people, located about 80 kilometers (50 miles) southeast of Mashhad, state TV's English-language Press TV channel reported. Press TV said at least two people were killed. The semi-official ISNA news agency said 11 people were injured. Mobile phone service and landline telephone lines were disrupted by the quake. (reference #11774)
At least 2 people killed, 11 injured and 4 villages damaged in the Sefid Sang area. Torbat Jam, Khorasan-e Razavi, Iran - CDI: 6; Esferaian, Khorasan Shamali, Iran - CDI: 5; Saragt, Khorasan-e Razavi, Iran - CDI: 5; Meshed, Khorasan-e Razavi, Iran - CDI: 5; Chenaran, Khorasan-e Razavi, Iran - CDI: 5 (reference #13456)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- 1101, Khorasan, Iran
- October 21, 1336, Khaf, Iran
- July 30, 1673, Mashhad, Neyshabur (Nishapur), Iran
- October 7, 2023, Herat, Afghanistan
- August 21, 1928, Shirvan, Iran
- October 5, 1962, Torbat Heydariyeh, Akhmedabad, Iran
- June 18, 2024, Kashmar, Iran
- October 11, 2023, Herat, Afghanistan
- July 3, 2003, Yakhak, Bashirabad, Butehgaz, Northeastern, Iran
- April 1687, Mashhad, Iran
- July 30, 2010, Torbet-I-Heydariyeh, Iran
- March 1052, Baihaq, Nishapur, Khorasan, Iran
- 1209, Nishapur, Iran
- 1267, Neyshabur (Neishabur), Iran
- January 29, 1405, Neyshabur (Nishapur), 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 10240.