earthquake magnitude

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  • Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes southwestern Iran 2021-04-18 17:54

    Magnitude 5.9 earthquake strikes southwestern Iran

    TEHRAN – A magnitude 5.9 earthquake jolted southwestern Bushehr province on Sunday, according to the Iranian Seismological Center.

  • Four injured as magnitude 5.3 quake hits western Iran 2021-04-07 14:41

    Four injured as magnitude 5.3 quake hits western Iran

    TEHRAN – An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale shook western Kordestan province on Tuesday, leaving four injured.

  • Iran has entered a decade of earthquakes: expert 2020-12-22 17:45

    Iran has entered a decade of earthquakes: expert

    TEHRAN – Iran has entered a decade of earthquakes since the [Iranian calendar] year 1396 (March 2017- March 2018), as the Iranian plateau is shrinking by 30 millimeters per year, Mehdi Zare, professor of engineering seismology at the International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), said.

  • No casualties as 4-magnitude tremor shakes Tehran province 2020-07-12 16:54

    No casualties as 4-magnitude tremor shakes Tehran province

    TEHRAN – An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale shook Firoozkooh county, northeast of Tehran province, on Sunday, leaving no damages or casualties.

  • Some 1,000 earthquakes occur in Iran in a month 2020-06-08 18:07

    Some 1,000 earthquakes occur in Iran in a month

    TEHRAN – Seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran, recorded more than 960 earthquakes across the country over the past month (April 20-May 20).

  • Magnitude 4 quake hits Tehran province 2020-05-27 14:02

    Magnitude 4 quake hits Tehran province

    TEHRAN – An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale shook Tehran province on Wednesday.

  • Quake damages historical neighborhood in southwest Iran 2020-05-25 18:22

    Quake damages historical neighborhood in southwest Iran

    TEHRAN – A magnitude 5.2 earthquake on Sunday caused minor harm to the historical neighborhood of Dehdasht, a city in Kohgiluyeh-Boyer Ahmad province, southwest Iran.

  • A view of the adobe Bam Citadel before the 2003 earthquake 2020-05-08 20:04

    By Afshin Majlesi

    Iran, quakes, and tourism

    Early on Friday, an earthquake of magnitude 5.1 struck Damavand county, 56km northeast of the capital Tehran, killing two and injuring 33. It made an excuse for writing a note about the impact of natural disasters, specifically earthquakes, on tourism and cultural heritage.

  • A view of the UNESCO-registered Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System in Khuzestan province 2019-07-09 20:42

    No major harm to Khuzestan historical sites by quake

    TEHRAN – No serious damage has been reported to museums and cultural heritage sites across Iran’s Khuzestan province hit by a medium-sized quake on Monday, according to the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization.

  • Magnitude 5.7 quake hits southwestern Iran 2019-07-08 20:24

    Magnitude 5.7 quake hits southwestern Iran

    TEHRAN – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake jolted southwestern Khuzestan province on Monday, Tasnim reported.