Lahijan Earthquake of 3 February 1678, Ms6.5

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Lahijan Earthquake of 3 February 1678, Ms6.5

On February 3, 1678, an earthquake of magnitude Ms=6.6 and epicentral coordination of 37.2N and 50E occurred in Lahijan. It destroyed at Lahijan the Mesdjid-i-Djame and its minarets, together with many sanctuaries, public baths, bridges and a very large number of houses. Many Shocks continued for ten hours.

Rigan Earthquake of 27 January 2011, Mw 6.2

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Rigan Earthquake of 27 January 2011, Mw 6.2

At 12:08 local time on Thursday, January 27, 2011, an earthquake with a magnitude of Mw=6.2 and epicentral coordinates of 28.15N 59.09E struck the Rigan region in the Kerman province. The event, with a NW-SE strike-slip mechanism, was the biggest aftershock of the December 20, 2010 earthquake (Mw=6.5) occurred on the Kahurak fault. It is noteworthy that on January 27 and 28, 2011, about 68 seismic events were recorded with magnitude of ML=2.8 to 6.2 in the southeast of the Mohammad Abad Rigan region. Therefore, the Rigan earthquake of January 27 can be considered as a large aftershock which had its own aftershocks and created a secondary aftershock sequence. Fortunately, the earthquake had no casualties, while 70% of the homes and gardens of Chah Qanbar and an agricultural well were destroyed and roads of the area were blocked.

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

Date Time Y X Depth Mw Region Refrence
1931/1/27 20:09:19 25.851 96.79 15 7.6 Myanmar USGS
1942/1/27 13:29:11 -4.197 135.062 17.5 7.2 near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia USGS
2006/1/27 16:58:54 -5.473 128.131 397 7.6 Banda Sea USGS
2011/1/27 8:38:28 28.15 59.09 15 6.2  Rigan, Kerman IIEES

 

Gujarat Earthquake of 26 January 2001, Mw 7.7

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Gujarat Earthquake of 26 January 2001, Mw 7.7

Fifteen years ago, on January 26, 2001, at 8:46 a.m local time, a catastrophic earthquake with magnitude of Mw=7.7 occurred in Gujarat, west of India. The epicenter of the earthquake was located at the 23.6N and 69.8E coordination. The Gujarat earthquake (also known as the Bhuj earthquake) caused at least 20,005 causalities, 166,836 injured people and approximately 339,000 destroyed and 783,000 damaged buildings in the Bhuj-Ahmadabad-Rajkot area and other parts of Gujarat. The event was widely felt throughout northern India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and western Nepal. The 2004 Gujarat earthquake happened due to a thrust fault motion in the border of Indian-Eurasian plate collision at 16 km shallow depth. It was one of the special and complex events which lasted for about 2 minutes and a small event was followed by a larger one about 2 seconds later.

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Dehno (Assaluyeh) Earthquake of 22 January 1950, Mw 5.9

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Dehno (Assaluyeh) Earthquake of 22 January 1950, Mw 5.9

The earthquake, centered in a small coastal valley southeast of Assaluyeh, damaged villages extending along about 50km between Assaluyeh and Gavbandi. Its magnitude was estimated at 5.9 The instrumental epicentre recalculated by Nowroozi (1971) is located at 27°.22’ N, 53°.04’E at the southeastern end of t he macroseismic region. The villages of Dehno, Akhand, Askari, Khiaru, Bostanu, Einossadeh, and Berkeh Dogan were completely destroyed, and a total of about 30 people were killed. Assalu, Daruk, Kolluz, Chah Mobarak, Maru, Dozdoneh, Nahir, Bandu, Amani, Gavbandi and Faryab were severely damaged. Many rockfalls occurred in the mountains bordering the valley in the northeast. Minor damage was reported from Taheri, and the shock was strongly felt in Kangan and Bushehr. Eleven aftershocks were felt in the epicentral region on the same day as the mainدshock. The strongest aftershock occurred on the 2nd of February at about 8 p.m. (local time).

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