What the records say
- When
- 31 Mar 2006
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 6.1
- Where
- Iran
- Coordinates
- 33.50° N, 48.78° E
- Deaths
- 70
- Injuries
- 1300
- Depth km
- 7
2006 Borujerd earthquake
Earthquake in Iran
The 2006 Borujerd earthquake occurred in the early morning of 31 March in the South of Borujerd with destruction in Borujerd, Silakhor and Dorood areas of the Loristan Province in western Iran. The centre of the earthquake was in Darb-e Astaneh village south of the Borujerd City. The earthquake measured 6.1 on the moment magnitude scale.
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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 6.1 Borujerd earthquake affected western Iran with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), leaving 63–70+ dead, and 1,246–1,418 injured”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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