Boznabad Earthquake of 16 January 1979, Mw 6.5
Boznabad Earthquake of 16 January 1979, Mw 6.5
The destructive Boznabad earthquake of 16 January 1979 occurred at 13:20 local time (09:50 UTC) in east Iran. The earthquake had magnitude of Mw=6.5 with 11 km depth and its epicentral coordination was located at 33.9N and 59.46E. The event was triggered due to the Boznabad fault activity which had a Mechanism of Reverse/N–S right-lateral.
The most important worldwide earthquakes (M>7) of this day
| Date | Time | Y | X | Depth | Mw | Region | Refrence |
| 1956/1/16 | 23:37:45 | -0.727 | -80.213 | 20 | 7 | near the coast of Ecuador | USGS |
| 1961/1/16 | 7:20:13 | 36.121 | 141.758 | 30 | 7.2 | near the east coast of Honshu, Japan | USGS |
| 1961/1/16 | 12:12:30 | 36.226 | 141.815 | 30 | 7 | near the east coast of Honshu, Japan | USGS |
| 1979/1/16 | 9:50:10 | 33.897 | 59.472 | 33 | 6.7 | Mojnabad | Amb |