What the records say
- When
- 22 Feb 2005
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.4
- Where
- Iran
- Coordinates
- 30.75° N, 56.82° E
- Deaths
- 612
- Injuries
- 1411
- Houses destroyed
- 8000
- Depth km
- 14
2005 Zarand earthquake
Earthquake in Kerman province, Iran
A moment magnitude (Mw) 6.4 earthquake struck northern Kerman province, Iran on 22 February 2005, at 05:55:22 Iran Standard Time. At least 612 people were killed and 5,000 more were injured, with most of the fatalities occurring in several rural villages near the epicenter. Thousands of homes were damaged or destroyed, most of them in Zarand County, the earthquake's epicentral location.
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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 6.4 Zarand earthquake shakes the Kerman province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing 612 and injuring 1,411”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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