April 15, 956 Earthquake: Hamadan, Iran

Date

April 15, 956

Place

Hamadan, Iran

Tsunami

None recorded

Epicenter

34.900° N, 48.400° E

Country

Iran

Deaths

Many (about 101 to 1,000)

Damage

Moderate (about $1 to $5 million)

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.

• September 1, 1962, Buyin-Zara, IranM7.2 · 12,225 deaths · $30 million · 21,310 houses destroyed · 156 km
• January 23, 1909, Silakor, IranM7.3 · 5,500 deaths · 194 km
• December 13, 1957, Farsinaj, IranM6.5 · 1,200 deaths · 82 km
• June 22, 2002, Ab Garm-Abhar-Avaj-Shirin Su, IranM6.5 · 261 deaths · $300 million · 100 km
• August 16, 1958, Firuzabad, IranM6.7 · 132 deaths · 2,500 houses destroyed · 84 km
• March 31, 2006, Borujerd, Dorud, Western, IranM6.1 · 70 deaths · 160 km
• September 21, 1958, IranM5.2 · 16 deaths · 134 km
• June 27, 1961, Iran5 deaths · 181 km
• May 29, 1987, W, Nahavand-Hamaden-Tuysarkan, IranM4.6 · 2 deaths · 92 km
• April 24, 2002, Kermanshah, Western, IranM5.4 · 2 deaths · 96 km
• October 14, 1961, Iran2 deaths · 147 km
• August 25, 2018, Kermanshah, IranM6 · 2 deaths · 200 km
• June 1872, Hamadan, Iran58 km
• April 912, Dinavar, Iran64 km
• March 24, 1963, Karkhaneh, IranM6 · 5,000 houses destroyed · 70 km

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