April 957 Earthquake: Kerend,qasr-E-Shirin, Halwan, Iran, Iraq
An earthquake struck Kerend,qasr-E-Shirin, Halwan, Iran, Iraq in April 957.
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 957
- Place
- Kerend,qasr-E-Shirin, Halwan, Iran, Iraq
- Intensity
- 7 on the Modified Mercalli scale
- Tsunami
- None recorded
- Epicenter
- 34.800° N, 44.800° E
- Country
- Iraq
The toll
- Damage
- Severe (about $5 to $25 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.
Other significant earthquakes nearby
Within 200 km, the deadliest first.
- September 17, 1007, Dinavar,baghdad, Tigris-Ktesiphon, Iran-Iraq
- November 12, 2017, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Iraq, Iran
- December 2, 1864, Zurbatiyah, Badrah, Tursaq, Baghdad, Iraq
- August 25, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- November 25, 2018, Kurdistan, Kermanshah, Iraq, Iran
- December 8, 1058, Mosul, Kirkuk, Hamadan, Tikrit, Wasit, Amah, Iraq
- January 6, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- April 1, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- January 6, 2019, Sarpol-E Zahab, Kermanshah, Iran
- April 18, 1086, Mesopotamia,jazirah,badharaya, Syria, Iraq
- 678, Between Tigris and Tharthar Rivers, Jazirah, Iraq
- January 25, 749, NE of Tharthar River, Jazirah, Iraq
- July 22, 2018, Kermanshah, Iran
- 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 286.