May 7, 2020 Earthquake: Tehran, Damavand, Iran
A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck Tehran, Damavand, Iran on May 7, 2020 at 20:18:22 UTC, 10 km below the surface. It killed 2 people.
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
- May 7, 2020
- Time
- 20:18:22 UTC
- Place
- Tehran, Damavand, Iran
- Magnitude
- 4.6 (mb)
- Focal depth
- 10 km (6 mi)
- Intensity
- 5 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 35.742° N, 52.051° E
- Country
- Iran
The toll
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 22
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.
Two people have died and 22 others were injured as they fled their homes in a panic following a magnitude 5.1 earthquake that hit northern Iran early on Friday (20:18 GMT on Thursday), according to state media. Among the dead were a 21-year-old woman in Tehran who suffered heart failure, and a 60-year-old man in the city of Damavand, east of the capital, killed by a head injury, officials said.(reference #12703)
One person killed at Damavand and 38 injured in the Damavand-Tehran area. Damavand, Teheran, Iran - CDI: 5; Khurramabad, Lorestān, Iran - CDI: 5; Ecbatana, Hamadān, Iran - CDI: 5; Kehnoudj, Kermān, Iran - CDI: 4; Qods, Teheran, Iran - CDI: 4 (reference #13456)
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- July 15, 850, Rey (Ray), Iran
- April 26, 662, Semnan,damghan, Qumis, Iran
- September 1, 1962, Buyin-Zara, Iran
- May 4, 1639, Qazvin, Iran
- April 20, 1608, Gilan, W Mazandaran, Iran
- July 2, 1957, Hazanderan, Abegarm, Iran
- May 20, 1932, Torbet-I-Kheydarly, Iran
- April 11, 1935, Kevsut, Alborz, Sari, Iran
- May 9, 1830, Damavand,tehran,semnan,damghan, Iran
- March 5, 1935, Alborz, Iran
- May 28, 2004, Mazandaran, Qazvin, Tehran, Iran
- March 25, 1983, Tehran, Damavond, Amoi, Iran
- December 19, 1980, N Central, Tehran, Iran
- May 11, 1945, Garmsar,kerand,bankuh, Iran
- December 22, 1980, N Central, Tehran, 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 10491.