TEHRAN – A total of 145 earthquakes have been recorded across the country in a week from February 14 to 20, according to the seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran.

Statistically, 121 earthquakes with magnitudes smaller than 3, 22 earthquakes with a magnitude between 3 and 4, and two earthquakes with a magnitude between 4 and 5 have occurred in the country, isrc reported.

Among the provinces of the country, Bushehr experienced the highest number of earthquakes, with 30, followed by Yazd with 17, and Kerman with 13 earthquakes.

Of the total quakes, two had a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale, one occurred on February 19 in Bushehr province, and the other on February 20 in Kermanshah province.

During the same period, four earthquakes hit Tehran province. No earthquakes were recorded in Ardabil, Zanjan, Qazvin, Kordestan, and Hamedan provinces.

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 two 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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