Korizan-Khaf Earthquake of 14 November 1979, Ms6.6

An earthquake of magnitude Ms=6.6 and mb=6 occurred in the Ghaenat region of Khorasan province in Iran on Non. 14, 1979, at 5:51:00 a.m. local time, (2:21:00 GMT). The epicenter of the earthquake was located at 33.92N and 59.74E. The event destroyed Korizan, Estand and Bahn-Abad villages, claiming about 420 lives. Most of the casualties were children, since most of the adults were outside at work (harvesting their Saffron fields). The Korizan-Khaf earthquake was associated with a rupture length of 20 km along the Quaternary faults with about 1 m vertical displacements. During the earthquake, 10 analog accelerographs started to work up to 182 km distance around the epicenter.

The most important worldwide earthquakes (M>7) of this day

Date	Time	Y	X	Depth	Mw	Region	Refrence
1986/11/14	21:20:11	23.901	121.574	33.8	7.4	Taiwan	USGS
1994/11/14	19:15:31	13.525	121.067	31.5	7.1	Mindoro, Philippines	USGS
2001/11/14	9:26:10	35.946	90.541	10	7.8	southern Qinghai, China	USGS
2005/11/14	21:38:51	38.107	144.896	11	7	off the east coast of Honshu, Japan	USGS

 

22 September 1923 Lalehzar Kerman Earthquake, M6.7

22 September, is the anniversary of the 22 September 1923 in Lalehzar, Kerman (SE Iran), M 6.7, with hundreds of victims. The earthquake is reported to be occurred in 17 minutes after the mid-night (local time) and has occurred in the NW-SE fault trends of Baft, Lalehzar and Ghaleh-Asgar region. The region is known for another recent moderate earthquake (31 July 2010, mb5.8) in the same region (no reported casualty from this new earthquake).