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The 2021 Hormozgan earthquakes was a doublet earthquake event in Iran that occurred on November 14, 2021, with magnitudes of 6.0 and 6.4 on the moment magnitude scale.The two quakes occurred just a minute and a half apart, [5] [2] killing 2 people and injuring a further 100.
This earthquake is part of a sequence of earthquakes on 1 July, 2022, in southern Iran that began with a magnitude 6.0, [1] followed by a magnitude 5.7 aftershock two hours later, [2] and a magnitude 6.0 earthquake one minute after the magnitude 5.7 earthquake. [6]
Earthquakes in Iran from 1990 to 2006, by United States Geological Survey Iran Faults. ... Hormozgan: 5.6 M w VII 1 Further damage [8] [9] 2022-07-03 Gilan: 4.3 M w 1
Pages in category "Earthquakes in Iran" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total. ... 2019 East Azerbaijan earthquake; 2021 Hormozgan earthquakes;
The earthquake measured 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale and 6 on the surface wave scale, killing seven people and injuring up to 45. Causing both catastrophic and minor damage, the earthquake devastated up to 200 villages throughout southern Iran, but left the port city of Bandar Abbas almost unscathed.
The 1977 Khurgu earthquake struck southern Iran near Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province on the morning of March 22. The earthquake measuring moment magnitude (M w ) 6.7 struck at a depth of 12.5 km (7.8 mi). [1] Thirty five villages were heavily damaged including over 20 which were destroyed. There were 152–167 people killed and 556 injured. [2]
Kovarzin (Persian: کورزین, also Romanized as Kovarzīn ; also known as Kavarzīn and Kuvardīn) [1] is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Qeshm County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,360, in 342 families. [2] The village suffered heavily in the 2005 Qeshm earthquake. [3]
Again a fairly active year. 11 magnitude 7.0+ earthquakes were recorded with the largest of those striking Greece in the summer. The event in Greece measured 7.7 and was one of the largest ever to affect the country. In all earthquakes in 1956 resulted in 910 fatalities. Iran had the deadliest event of the year with 347 deaths in October.