Earthquake Report – December 26, 2005- North of Masjed Soleiman

 

At 2:45 (local time) an earthquake with magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale occurred 24 km North of Masjed Soleiman and 28 Km south east of Lali in the province of Khozestan (Figure 1). This seismic event was recorded at 13 broad band seismic stations of the Iranian National Broad-Band Seismic Network (INSN) at IIEES (Figure 2). Wave forms of this earthquake may be seen on the IIEES website. According to the recorded seismograms this seismic event is located at 32.15 ˚N and 49.23 ˚E. During the previous month, more than 15 earthquakes have occurred at a radius of 100 km of this earthquake with magnitudes between 2.5 and 4 on the Richter scale (Figure 3 and Table 1). Many aftershocks have followed the main shock, of which 6 have been located by the Iranian National Broad-Band Seismic Network (INSN) of IIEES (Figure 4).
According to reports from various regions of the town of Lali, there has been more than 40 percent damage to 2000 housing, domestic and commercial units of this town. Greatest damages have been to domestic units in the village of “Ahmadabad Berkeh”. A number of the resident’s cattle have been trapped under the debris. 11 people have also been injured in this earthquake.

 

Figure (1): Epicenter of Earthquake- December 26, 2005- North of Masjed Soleiman

 

Figure (2): Recorded Seismograms of Earthquake- North of Masjed Soleiman (IIEES National Broad Bank Seismic Network)

Figure (3): Distribution of earthquakes occurring at a radius of 100 km in the previous month

 

Figure (4): Distribution of aftershocks

Table (1): The region’s earthquakes in the previous month

 

Figure (5): Instrumental earthquakes greater than 5 at a radius of 100 km surroundingthe earthquake epicenter- North of Masjed Soleiman

Table (2): Earthquakes of the region with magnitude greater than five

Table (3): Historical earthquakes of region