Earthquake — Iran: Tabas

When

16 Sep 1978

Kind

Earthquake

Magnitude

7.4

Where

Iran

Coordinates

33.20° N, 57.48° E

Deaths

20000

Damage musd

50

Houses destroyed

15000

Intensity mmi

9

Depth km

33

7.4 Mw earthquake in east-central Iran

The 1978 Tabas earthquake occurred on September 16 at 19:05:55 local time in central Iran. The shock measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX+ (Violent). The death toll was in the range of 15,000–25,000, with severe damage occurring in the town of Tabas.

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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 7.4 Tabas earthquake killed at least 15,000 people in the city of Tabas in Iran”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Erdbeben der Stärke 7,8 bei Tabas im Iran, ca. 20.000 Tote”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “В результате землетрясения на востоке Ирана силой 7,8 балла, погибло около 15 тысяч человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Irán, un terremoto de 7,4 deja 25 000 muertos y destruye la ciudad de Tabas”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page