Earthquake — Iran: Buyin-Zara

When

1 Sep 1962

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.2

Where

Iran

Coordinates

35.63° N, 49.87° E

Deaths

12225

Injuries

2776

Damage musd

30

Houses destroyed

21310

Intensity mmi

9

Depth km

27

Earthquake in Iran

The 1962 Buin Zahra earthquake occurred on September 1 in the area of Buin Zahra, Qazvin province, Iran. The shock had a Richter magnitude of 7.1 and resulted in 12,225 fatalities. Qazvin Province lies in an area of Iran that experiences large earthquakes. The 1962 event originated on one of many faults in the area, called the Ipak Fault. The fault is believed to have been reactivated multiple times.

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• NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “the 7.1 Buin Zahra earthquake shook northern Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing at least 12,225 and injuring 2,776”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Im Iran sterben beim Erdbeben von Buinzahra mit der Stärke 7,0 12.230 Menschen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Землетрясение в иранском остане Казвин разрушено более 21 тысячи домов и погибли свыше 12 тысяч человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en el condado iraní de Buin-Zahra se registra un terremoto de 7,1 que deja más de 12 000 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page