What the records say
- When
- 23 Jan 1909
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.3
- Where
- Iran
- Coordinates
- 34.31° N, 50.40° E
- Deaths
- 5500
- Intensity mmi
- 9
- Depth km
- 15
1909 Borujerd earthquake
The 1909 Borujerd earthquake also known as Silakhor earthquake occurred in Silakhor plain, Qajar Iran on January 23. Around 8,000 fatalities were caused directly from the magnitude 7.3 earthquake. An indefinite number of aftershocks continued for six months after the main shock. The section on this fault ruptured was the same as the main rupture zone of the 2006 Borujerd earthquake.
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2 sources record it
- 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 7.3 Borujerd earthquake affected central Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing between 6,000–8000”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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