Seismic history
Major earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and geological events in Iran, 1900โ2026, with sources and detailed information.
Total earthquakes
220
M5+
Strongest
M7.7
M7+ events
18
| Date | Magnitude | Location | Depth | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-16 | 7.7 | 79 km ESE of Kh?sh, Iran | 80 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1978-09-16 | 7.4 | 52 km ESE of Tabas, Iran | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-06-20 | 7.4 | 23 km N of P?deg?n-e Manj?l, Iran | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1909-01-23 | 7.3 | 43 km NW of Delฤซjฤn, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-11-24 | 7.3 | 47 km S of Do?ubayaz?t, Turkey | 36 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-05-10 | 7.3 | 58 km E of Q?โen, Iran | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2017-11-12 | 7.3 | 29 km S of ?alabja, Iraq | 19 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1929-05-01 | 7.2 | 40 km SSE of Baharly, Turkmenistan | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2011-01-18 | 7.2 | 46 km WSW of Dalbandin, Pakistan | 68 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1948-10-05 | 7.2 | 14 km N of Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-11-27 | 7.1 | 56 km ENE of Q?โen, Iran | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1930-05-06 | 7.1 | 10 km SSW of Salm?s, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1968-08-31 | 7.1 | 35 km SE of Gonฤbฤd, Iran | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1981-07-28 | 7.1 | 75 km ESE of Kerman, Iran | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1946-11-04 | 7.0 | 40 km NE of Balkanabat, Turkmenistan | 38 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2000-12-06 | 7.0 | 37 km E of Balkanabat, Turkmenistan | 30 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1962-09-01 | 7.0 | 47 km SSE of T?kest?n, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1983-04-18 | 7.0 | 95 km ESE of Kh?sh, Iran | 64 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1977-03-21 | 6.9 | 48 km NNE of Bandar Abbas, Iran | 29 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1947-09-23 | 6.9 | 52 km WSW of Q?โen, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1923-09-22 | 6.7 | 7 km SSE of K?h Sef?d, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1958-08-16 | 6.7 | 25 km SSW of Kang?var, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-01-16 | 6.7 | 32 km NE of Q?โen, Iran | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2010-12-20 | 6.7 | 111 km SE of Bam, Iran | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1981-06-11 | 6.7 | 73 km SE of Kerman, Iran | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1957-07-02 | 6.6 | 31 km SSE of B?bol, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1972-04-10 | 6.6 | 50 km SSE of Fฤซrลซzฤbฤd, Iran | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-03-04 | 6.6 | 110 km SSE of K?h Sef?d, Iran | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1998-03-14 | 6.6 | 52 km ESE of Kerman, Iran | 9 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-11-06 | 6.6 | 105 km ESE of D?r?b, Iran | 11 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2003-12-26 | 6.6 | 13 km SSW of Bam, Iran | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1953-02-12 | 6.6 | 104 km SSE of D?mgh?n, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1934-06-13 | 6.5 | 142 km E of Kh?sh, Iran | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-02-04 | 6.5 | Turkmenistan-Iran border region | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1911-04-18 | 6.5 | 30 km SSE of Rฤvar, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2002-06-22 | 6.5 | 59 km SSW of Abhar, Iran | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1948-01-30 | 6.5 | 23 km S of Pasni, Pakistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1940-05-04 | 6.5 | 57 km SW of Neysh?b?r, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1969-11-07 | 6.4 | 93 km NW of Iranshahr, Iran | 65 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2021-11-14 | 6.4 | 63 km NNW of Bandar Abbas, Iran | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1931-04-27 | 6.4 | 14 km S of Hatsโavan, Armenia | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-02-22 | 6.4 | 24 km ESE of Zarand, Iran | 14 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2012-08-11 | 6.4 | 26 km SW of Ahar, Iran | 11 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2013-04-09 | 6.4 | 95 km SE of Bushehr, Iran | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1956-10-31 | 6.4 | 43 km SE of Ger?sh, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1935-04-11 | 6.4 | 14 km SE of Behshahr, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1927-07-22 | 6.4 | 132 km SSE of Semnan, Iran | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1961-06-11 | 6.4 | 44 km ENE of Ger?sh, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1970-07-30 | 6.4 | 52 km NE of Kalฤleh, Iran | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2023-10-15 | 6.3 | 34 km NNW of Herฤt, Afghanistan | 9 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1941-02-16 | 6.3 | 43 km WSW of Q?โen, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1994-02-24 | 6.3 | 99 km WSW of Z?bol, Iran | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2004-05-28 | 6.3 | 41 km SSE of Nowshahr, Iran | 17 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1985-10-29 | 6.3 | 21 km SE of Qarn?b?d, Iran | 53 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2017-02-07 | 6.3 | 22 km WSW of Pasni, Pakistan | 29 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2018-11-25 | 6.3 | 15 km SW of Sarpol-e Z?ah?b, Iran | 18 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1949-04-24 | 6.3 | 21 km NNE of Bandar Abbas, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1918-03-24 | 6.2 | 13 km S of Bardaskan, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1905-01-09 | 6.2 | southern Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1933-11-28 | 6.2 | 63 km ENE of B?fq, Iran | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1930-05-08 | 6.2 | 13 km SE of Khowy, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1968-09-01 | 6.2 | 60 km SW of Gonฤbฤd, Iran | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1980-05-04 | 6.2 | 29 km NNE of Hashtpar, Iran | 46 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1977-04-01 | 6.2 | 40 km N of Bandar Abbas, Iran | 29 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1978-12-14 | 6.2 | 39 km NE of Masjed Soleym?n, Iran | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1976-11-07 | 6.2 | 8 km NNW of Q?โen, Iran | 13 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1999-05-06 | 6.2 | 25 km ESE of K?zer?n, Iran | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2011-01-27 | 6.2 | 119 km SSE of Bam, Iran | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2014-08-18 | 6.2 | 40 km E of Dehlor?n, Iran | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1929-07-15 | 6.2 | 48 km NE of Masjed Soleym?n, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1945-01-11 | 6.1 | 72 km E of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1947-10-03 | 6.1 | 108 km E of Dib Dibba, Oman | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1936-06-30 | 6.1 | 113 km E of Q?โen, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1950-05-09 | 6.1 | 55 km NNE of Abadan, Turkmenistan | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1967-01-11 | 6.1 | 36 km NNE of Mandalฤซ, Iraq | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1975-03-07 | 6.1 | 34 km N of Bandar Abbas, Iran | 27 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1997-02-28 | 6.1 | 24 km SSW of Om?dcheh, Iran | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2008-09-10 | 6.1 | 49 km WSW of Qeshm, Iran | 12 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2006-03-31 | 6.1 | 18 km SW of Azn?, Iran | 7 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1987-08-10 | 6.1 | 81 km SE of โAl?qahd?r? D?sh?, Afghanistan | 165 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1988-08-11 | 6.1 | 21 km SE of N?r?b?d, Iran | 33 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2013-05-11 | 6.1 | 92 km SE of M?n?b, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1948-07-05 | 6.1 | 80 km NW of Bam, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1971-11-08 | 6.0 | 60 km NW of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran | 17 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1939-11-04 | 6.0 | 59 km ENE of Shahrak-e K?l?r?, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1913-03-24 | 6.0 | 57 km NNW of Kฤซsh, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1923-05-25 | 6.0 | 34 km NW of Shahrak-e P?bed?n?, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1924-02-19 | 6.0 | 15 km NE of Prishibinskoye, Azerbaijan | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1934-01-02 | 6.0 | 81 km ESE of Kerman, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2022-07-01 | 6.0 | 57 km NE of Bandar-e Lengeh, Iran | 9 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2021-11-14 | 6.0 | 62 km NNW of Bandar Abbas, Iran | 9 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1979-12-07 | 6.0 | 67 km ENE of Q?โen, Iran | 31 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1998-07-09 | 6.0 | 10 km SE of Lerik, Azerbaijan | 26 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1990-01-20 | 6.0 | 36 km E of Soleh Bon, Iran | 25 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2005-03-13 | 6.0 | 119 km E of Iranshahr, Iran | 54 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1989-12-07 | 6.0 | 98 km SW of Fann?j, Iran | 16 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 2020-02-23 | 6.0 | 37 km ESE of รzalp, Turkey | 10 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1927-07-07 | 6.0 | 145 km E of Iranshahr, Iran | 35 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1963-03-24 | 6.0 | 10 km SW of Kang?var, Iran | 20 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |
| 1907-07-04 | 6.0 | 98 km NW of Bandar Abbas, Iran | 15 km | USGS Earthquake Hazards Program |