Earthquake — Iran: Birjand, Ghaen; Afghanistan

When

10 May 1997

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.2

Where

Iran

Coordinates

33.83° N, 59.81° E

Deaths

1728

Injuries

2300

Damage musd

100

Houses destroyed

10533

Intensity mmi

10

Depth km

10

Earthquake in Iran

An earthquake struck northern Iran's Khorasan Province in the vicinity of Qaen on May 10, 1997, at 07:57 UTC. The largest in the area since 1990, the earthquake registered 7.3 on the moment magnitude scale and was centered approximately 270 kilometers (170 mi) south of Mashhad on the village of Ardekul.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “The 7.3 Qayen earthquake strikes eastern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “un terremoto de 7,3 deja un saldo de 1.567 muertos y más de 2.300 heridos en el norte de Irán”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Persian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “زمین‌لرزه ۱۳۷۶ قائن”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “伊朗北部的呼羅珊發生大地震。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page