Earthquake — Iran: Southeastern: Bam, Baravat

When

26 Dec 2003

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

6.6

Where

Iran

Coordinates

29.00° N, 58.31° E

Deaths

31000

Injuries

30000

Damage musd

500

Intensity mmi

9

Depth km

10

Earthquake in Iran

An earthquake struck the Kerman province of southeastern Iran at 01:56 UTC on December 26, 2003. The Mw 6.6 strike-slip shock had a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). The earthquake was particularly destructive in Bam and Baravat, with 34,000 fatalities and 200,000 injuries officially reported. It was the deadliest natural disaster globally since the 1999 Vargas tragedy.

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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 Bam earthquake occurs in Iran”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2003 Bem depremi: İran'ın Bem şehristanında 6.6 Mw büyüklüğünde deprem meydana geldi”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Beim Erdbeben von Bam der Stärke 6,6 bis 6,8 auf der Richter-Skala, wird die Stadt Bam in der Südost-Provinz Kerman des Irans zum Großteil zerstört”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “в результате землетрясения погибли более 41 тыс. жителей иранского города Бама”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Un terremoto de 6,6 sacude el sureste de Irán dejando un saldo de 34.000 muertos y destruyendo la ciudadela de Bam”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “イランでバム地震が発生。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page