Kusut Earthquake of 11 April 1935, Mw=6.3

Kusut Earthquake of 11 April 1935, Mw=6.3

A few hours after the midnight (local time) on 11 April 1935, a catastrophic earthquake with magnitude of Mw=6.3 and its devastating aftershock sequence occurred in Kusut region of the Mazandaran province of Iran. The event completely destroyed twenty-six villages in Mazandaran and also caused irreparable damages in eighty other villages. Despite the fact that most houses in this part of Iran were made of wood, most of them collapsed and killed about 480 people.