Earthquake — Iran: Se: Golbaft

When

11 Jun 1981

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.6

Where

Iran

Coordinates

29.91° N, 57.72° E

Deaths

1400

Injuries

3000

Damage musd

5

Intensity mmi

8

Depth km

33

Earthquake in Kerman County, Iran

The 1981 Golbaf earthquake struck the Iranian desert by the village of Golbaf on June 11 at 10:54:25 local time. The shock measured 6.6 on the moment magnitude scale, and had a surface-wave magnitude of 6.7. The shock had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Many villages were devastated and financial losses amounted to $5 million. Despite the sparsity of the area, 3,000 were killed and 1,400 were injured.

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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 6.6 Golbaf earthquake affected the Kerman province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII+ (Severe), killing 1,400–3,000, and injuring many”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Erdbeben der Stärke 6,7 in Iran, ca. 3.000 Tote”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en la provincia de Kermán se registra un terremoto de 6,7 que deja 3000 muertos”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page