January 6, 2018 Earthquake: Kermanshah, Iran
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Kermanshah, Iran on January 6, 2018 at 15:22:09 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
- January 6, 2018
- Time
- 15:22:09 UTC
- Place
- Kermanshah, Iran
- Magnitude
- 5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Intensity
- 6 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 34.585° N, 45.770° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- Injuries
- 51
- Damage
- Limited (under about $1 million)
- Houses destroyed
- 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.
What the record says
NCEI’s account, from the sources it cites.
The number of people injured in a 5.1-magnitude quake which hit Sar Pol-e Zahab city in the western province of Kermanshah on Saturday evening rose to 51, a provincial official said. 41 injured were from Qasr-e Shirin and 9 others were from Gilan-e Gharb, director general of Kermanshah crisis management office Reza Mahmoudian told the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA). (reference #11982)
Forty-two people injured at Sarpol-e Zahab and 9 injured at Gilan-e Gharb. Some buildings damaged in the November 12 quake were destroyed in this event. Pol-e-Zahab, Kermanshah, Iran - CDI: 6; Bakhtaran, Kermanshah, Iran - CDI: 5; Eilam, Ilam, Iran - CDI: 2( reference #13456)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- December 13, 1957, Farsinaj, Iran
- November 12, 2017, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Iraq, Iran
- August 16, 1958, Firuzabad, Iran
- December 2, 1864, Zurbatiyah, Badrah, Tursaq, Baghdad, Iraq
- August 25, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- April 24, 2002, Kermanshah, Western, Iran
- November 25, 2018, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Iraq, Iran
- April 1, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- July 22, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- January 6, 2019, Sarpol-E Zahab, Kermanshah, Iran
- April 957, Kerend,qasr-E-Shirin, Halwan, Iran, Iraq
- January 11, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- December 8, 1058, Mosul, Kirkuk, Hamadan, Tikrit, Wasit, Amah, Iraq
- 1310, Shahrizur, Sulaimaniya, Baghdad, Iraq
- April 14, 1867, Mandali,jalula,baghdad, Iraq
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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 10290.