April 1, 2018 Earthquake: Kermanshah, Iran
A magnitude 5 earthquake struck Kermanshah, Iran on April 1, 2018 at 08:35:26 UTC, 10 km below the surface.
Map
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 1, 2018
- Time
- 08:35:26 UTC
- Place
- Kermanshah, Iran
- Magnitude
- 5 (Mw)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 34.403° N, 45.748° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- Injuries
- 54
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.
At least 54 people injured at Sarpol-e Zahab. Pol-e-Zahab, Kermanshah, Iran - CDI: 7; Gilan Erab, Kermanshah, Iran - CDI: 5; Mehabad, Azarbayejan-e Gharbi, Iran - CDI: 3; Aslamabad, Kermanshah, Iran - CDI: 3; (reference #13456)
According to a report by the Seismography Center affiliated to Tehran University's Geophysics Institute, the tremor occurred at 07:33 hours local time (03:03 hours GMT) with its epicenter registered at 34.41 degrees longitude and 45.83 degrees latitude and in the depth of 8 km underground. Iran sits on major fault lines and is prone to near-daily earthquakes. Also on Sunday, a 5.3-Richter quake rattled the area, as result of which 54 people were injured. (reference #12091)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- November 18, 871, Saimareh, Iran
- September 17, 1007, Dinavar,baghdad, Tigris-Ktesiphon, Iran-Iraq
- 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
- January 6, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- January 6, 2019, Sarpol-E Zahab, Kermanshah, Iran
- July 22, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- January 11, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- December 8, 1058, Mosul, Kirkuk, Hamadan, Tikrit, Wasit, Amah, Iraq
- April 957, Kerend,qasr-E-Shirin, Halwan, Iran, 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 10322.