What the records say
- When
- 2 Jul 1957
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.6
- Where
- Iran
- Coordinates
- 36.28° N, 52.78° E
- Deaths
- 1100
- Intensity mmi
- 9
- Depth km
- 15
1957 Alborz earthquake
Natural disaster in Iran
The 1957 Alborz earthquake struck northern Iran's Mazandaran province at 04:12 on 2 July. It had a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.1 and occurred at a focal depth of 15 km (9.3 mi). The thrust-faulting shock was assigned a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). It devastated 120 villages in the Alborz Mountains and caused an estimated 1,500 fatalities.
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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 Alborz earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 strikes Mazandaran province, killing at least 1,500 people”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Irán se registra un terremoto de 7,1 que deja 1500 muertos y millones de dólares en daños”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page