TEHRAN –A total of 119 earthquakes were recorded across the country in a week from August 16 to 22, according to the seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran.

Statistically, 101 earthquakes with magnitudes smaller than 3; 16 earthquakes with magnitudes between 3 and 4; and two earthquakes with a magnitude between 4 and 5 have occurred in the country, IRNA reported.

Of the total quakes, one had a magnitude of 4 on the Richter scale, which occurred on August 21 in Kerman province. 

Among the provinces of the country, Kerman, with 14, experienced the highest number of earthquakes, followed by Khorasan Razavi province, with 13 earthquakes.

During the same period, an earthquake hit Tehran province. No earthquakes were recorded in East Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan, Ardabil, Ilam, Zanjan, Sistan-Baluchestan, Qazvin, Kordestan, Gilan, and Markazi provinces. 

The number of earthquakes this week has increased by 32 more cases compared to the number of recorded earthquakes in the past three weeks, which experienced a downward trend, lowering from 163 in the first week to 117 and 87 in the second and third weeks, respectively.

A total of 6,272 earthquakes were recorded across the country over the past calendar year (March 2024 –March 2025), according to the Seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran.

Out of registered earthquakes, 150 were more than 4 on the Richter scale; at least five earthquakes with a magnitude of more than 4.5 occurred monthly in the country.

The Iranian plateau is located in a very seismically active region of the world and is known not only for its major catastrophic earthquakes but also for the disasters relating to natural hazards, especially earthquakes.

About 2 percent of the earthquakes in the world occur in Iran, but more than 6 percent of the victims of the world’s earthquakes during the 20th century are reported from Iranian earthquakes.

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