2001:
OCT 08 01 17 17.1 33.007 N 60.276 E 33 N 4.9 0.9 81 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IRAN . mb 4.9 (GS). MS 4.2 (GS). One person injured and about 200 houses damaged in Khorasan Province . Also felt in parts of Afghanistan .
2000:
FEB 02 22 58 01.5 35.288 N 58.218 E 33 N 5.1 5.3 0.9 116 NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IRAN . Mw 5.2 (GS), 5.3 (HRV). ML 5.4 (TEH). Mo=6.1*10**16 Nm (GS). Mo=9.9*10**16 Nm (HRV). One person killed and at least 15 injured; 100 houses destroyed and 300 houses slightly damaged in the Bardaskan-Kashmar area.
JUL 17 22 53 47.3 36.283 N 70.924 E 141 D 6.0 1.1 419 HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN . Mw 6.3 (GS), 6.3 (HRV). Me 6.6 (GS). Es=1.8*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=3.0*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=3.4*10**18 Nm (HRV). Two people killed at Peshawar , Pakistan when a three-story building collapsed. Felt (III) at Andijon, Farghona and Tashkent , Uzbekistan . Felt in northern India , northern Pakistan and at Kabul , Afghanistan .
OCT 30 22 39 06.5 37.542 N 69.582 E 33 N 5.2 4.5 1.0 159 AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BORD REG. Mw 5.1 (HRV). Mo=5.4*10**16 Nm (HRV). At least 800 buildings damaged and 17,000 people homeless in the Farkhor area, Tajikistan .
1999:
FEB 11 14 08 51.6 34.259 N 69.364 E 33 N 5.4 5.8 1.3 124 AFGHANISTAN . Mw 5.9 (GS), 6.0 (HRV). Mo=9.0*10**17 Nm (GS). Mo=1.3*10**18 Nm (HRV). Seventy people killed, 500 injured, at least 14,000 homeless and 7,000 houses destroyed in Lowgar and Vardak Provinces . Several people injured at Kabul . Felt at Islamabad and Peshawar , Pakistan .
MAR 04 05 38 26.5 28.343 N 57.193 E 33 N 6.2 6.5 0.9 368 SOUTHERN IRAN . Mw 6.4 (GS), 6.6 (HRV), 6.4 (CSEM). Me 6.0 (GS). Es=2.2*10**13 Nm. Mo =4.1*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=1.0*10**19 Nm (HRV). Mo=4.7*10**18 Nm (CSEM). One person killed and at least 517 houses damaged in the Kerman area.
Felt at Baft, Bam, Esfandaqeh, Rafsanjan, Ravar, Sirjan and Zehmakan. Also felt at Dubai , United Arab Emirates .
MAY 06 23 00 53.1 29.501 N 51.880 E 33 N 5.9 6.3 1.0 358 SOUTHERN IRAN . Mw 6.1 (GS), 6.2 (HRV). Ms 6.2 (BRK). Mo=1.7*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=2.5*10**18 Nm (HRV). At least 26 people killed, 100 injured and 800 houses destroyed in southwestern Fars Province . Felt at Kazerun and Shiraz . Also felt in parts of Bushehr and Kohkiluyeh va Buyer Ahmadi Provinces.
AUG 10 19 33 59.8 36.245 N 54.645 E 33 N 4.5 4.3 1.1 58 NORTHERN IRAN . One person killed, one person injured and several houses damaged at Momenabad.
OCT 31 15 09 39.8 29.413 N 51.807 E 33 N 5.0 4.9 1.3 196 SOUTHERN IRAN . Mw 5.2 (HRV). Mo=6.9*10**16 Nm (HRV). Thirty people injured, some buildings damaged and power outages in the Kazerun area.
NOV 08 16 45 43.0 36.522 N 71.240 E 228 D 6.2 1.0 436 AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BORD REG. Mw 6.5 (GS), 6.5 (HRV). Me 6.2 (GS). Es=4.6*10**13 Nm (GS). Mo=6.7*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=6.4*10**18 Nm (HRV). One person injured at Kabul ; felt throughout eastern Afghanistan . Felt (VI) at Dushanbe , Tajikistan . Felt (V) at Samarqand and Toshkent ; (IV) at Farghona; (III) at Andijon and Namangan , Uzbekistan . Felt (III) at Chardzhev , Turkmenistan . Felt in much of Pakistan from North West Frontier Province to parts of Sindh Province . Felt at Srinagar , Jammu and Kashmir . Also felt in many parts of northern India as far south as Delhi .
NOV 26 04 27 24.7 36.920 N 54.900 E 33 N 5.2 4.8 1.0 172 NORTHERN IRAN . Mw 5.3 (HRV). Mo=1.1*10**17 Nm (HRV). About 50 buildings damaged in the Gorgan area.
1998:
FEB 04 14 33 21.2 37.075 N 70.089 E 33 N 5.6 6.1 1.0 300 AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BORD REG. Mw 5.9 (GS), 5.9 (HRV), 5.8 (OBN). Mo=8.7*10**17 Nm (GS). Mo=8.4*10**17 Nm (HRV). Mo=6.0*10**17 Nm (OBN). At least 2,323 people killed, 818 injured, 8,094 houses destroyed, 6,725 livestock killed and landslides in the Rostaq area, Afghanistan . Felt (III) at Dushanbe , Tajikistan and (II) at Toshkent , Uzbekistan .
FEB 20 12 18 06.2 36.479 N 71.086 E 236 D 5.8 5.7 1.1 419 AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BORD REG. Mw 6.4 (GS), 6.4 (HRV). Me 6.0 (GS). Es=2.4*10**13 Nm (GS). Mo=4.1*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=4.0*10**18 Nm (HRV). One person killed and three injured at Yar Husain, six injured at Rawalpindi and two injured at Peshawar , Pakistan . An earthquake-induced avalanche destroyed 35 houses, including a mosque, left 300 people homeless and killed several dozen cattle and sheep in the Astor area, Kashmir . Damage occurred from Chitral to Swabi , Pakistan , in western Kashmir and in the Rostaq area, Afghanistan . Felt in much of northern Pakistan as far south as Lahore and in northeastern Afghanistan as far as Kabul
and Mazar-e Sharif. Felt (V) at Dushanbe and Khorugh , Tajikistan ; (IV) at Andijon and Farghona , Uzbekistan ; (III) at Bishkek and Osh , Kyrgyzstan . Also felt (III) at Samarqand and Toshkent , Uzbekistan .
MAR 14 19 40 27.0 30.154 N 57.605 E 9 G 5.9 6.9 1.2 395 NORTHERN IRAN . Mw 6.6 (GS), 6.6 (HRV). Me 6.6 (GS). Es=1.7*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=7.7*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=9.4*10**18 Nm (HRV). Mo=1.3*10**19 Nm (PPT). Five people killed, 50 injured, 10,000 homeless, 2,000 houses destroyed, 1,200 livestock killed and utilities disrupted in the Golbaf area. Felt at Baft and Kerman .
APR 10 15 00 53.1 32.457 N 59.976 E 33 N 5.3 5.7 1.5 227 NORTHERN IRAN . Mw 5.7 (GS), 5.8 (HRV). Mo=4.2*10**17 Nm (GS). Mo=5.0*10**17 Nm (HRV). At least 12 people killed, 10 injured and more than 600 homes severely damaged in the Birjand-Gonabad area.
MAY 30 06 22 28.9 37.106 N 70.110 E 33 N 5.9 6.9 1.0 465 AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BORD REG. Mw 6.6 (GS), 6.6 (HRV), 6.3 (OBN). Me 7.0 (GS). Es=7.8*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=7.7*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=7.9*10**18 Nm (HRV). Mo=2.9*10**18 Nm (OBN). At least 4,000 people killed, many thousands injured and homeless in Badakhshan and Takhar Provinces , Afghanistan . Felt strongly at Mazar-e Sharif , Afghanistan . Felt at Kabul , Afghanistan . Felt (III) at Andijon and Samarqand; (II) at Toshkent , Uzbekistan . Also felt at Islamabad , Peshawar and Rawalpindi , Pakistan and Dushanbe , Tajikistan .
UL 09 14 19 18.4 38.717 N 48.507 E 26 G 5.9 1.0 442 ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN-IRAN BORD REG. Mw 5.9 (GS), 6.0 (HRV). Me 5.7 (GS). Es=8.4*10**12 Nm (GS). Mo=7.6*10**17 Nm (GS). Mo=1.0*10**18 Nm (HRV). Extensive damage at Astara, Bilasuvar, Imisli, Lankaran, Masalli and Yardimli,
Azerbaijan . Felt at Baku , Azerbaijan . Felt (V) at Goris , Armenia .
OCT 05 02 20 33.9 33.199 N 47.225 E 39 D 5.3 4.9 1.1 295 WESTERN IRAN . Mw 5.4 (HRV). Mo=1.4*10**17 Nm (HRV). At least 100 houses damaged in the Darreh Shahr area and minor damage in the Pol-e Dokhtar area.
NOV 13 13 01 10.5 27.791 N 53.608 E 33 N 5.3 5.1 1.0 278 SOUTHERN IRAN . Mw 5.4 (HRV). Mo=1.6*10**17 Nm (HRV). Five people killed, 105 injured and at least 850 houses damaged by the earthquake and landslides in the Bigherd-Khonj area.
DEC 11 20 16 24.0 36.514 N 71.021 E 223 D 5.0 1.0 240 AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BORD REG. Mw 5.7 (GS), 5.6 (HRV). Mo=3.7*10**17 Nm (GS). Mo=3.1*10**17 Nm (HRV). Five people killed, seven injured and some damage at Kabul , Afghanistan .
1997:
FEB 04 10 37 47.1 37.661 N 57.291 E 10 G 5.9 6.8 1.1 338 TURKMENISTAN-IRAN BORDER REGION. Mw 6.5 (GS), 6.5 (HRV), 6.4 (OBN). Me 7.1 (GS). Es=1.1*10**15 Nm (GS). Mo=6.2*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=6.7*10**18 Nm (HRV). Mo=5.2*10**18 Nm (OBN). About 100 people killed, nearly 2,000 injured, about 5,500 houses destroyed and 11,000 houses damaged in the Bojnurd-Shirvan area, Iran . Damage
estimated at more than 30 million U.S. dollars. Felt in many parts of northeastern Iran , including Esfarayen, Mashhad , Neyshabur, Quchan and Sabzevar.
FEB 27 21 08 02.3 29.976 N 68.208 E 33 N 6.3 7.3 1.2 362 PAKISTAN . Mw 7.0 (GS), 7.1 (HRV), 6.8 (OBN). Me 6.7 (GS). Es=2.8*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=4.0*10**19 Nm (GS). Mo=5.2*10**19 Nm (HRV). Mo=2.0*10**19 Nm (OBN). Mo=3.2*10**19 Nm (PPT). At least 57 people killed, hundreds injured, thousands homeless, more than 500 houses damaged or destroyed and hundreds of livestock killed in the Harnai-Sibi area. Roads and railroads in the area blocked by landslides. Three people killed and several
injured in the Quetta area. Felt throughout much of central Baluchistan . Complex earthquake, with two events occurring about 5 seconds apart.
FEB 28 12 57 18.6 38.075 N 48.050 E 10 G 5.5 6.1 1.1 315 ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN-IRAN BORD REG. Mw 6.0 (GS), 6.1 (HRV). Mo=1.0*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=1.7*10**18 Nm (HRV). At least 1,100 people killed, 2,600 injured, 36,000 homeless, 12,000 houses damaged or destroyed and 160,000 livestock killed in the Ardabil region of northwestern Iran . Severe damage to roads, electrical power lines, communications and water distribution systems in that area.
MAR 04 13 03 47.8 29.422 N 68.790 E 33 N 5.4 5.8 1.1 275 PAKISTAN . Mw 5.7 (GS), 5.7 (HRV). Mo=4.6*10**17 Nm (GS). Mo=4.6*10**17 Nm (HRV). At least one person injured and additional damage at Sibi. Felt at Quetta .
MAR 19 19 57 11.9 34.872 N 71.620 E 50 G 4.9 0.8 88 PAKISTAN . Fifteen people killed, several injured and damage to houses in the Bajaur region. Felt at Chitral.
MAR 20 08 50 40.3 30.136 N 68.022 E 33 N 5.5 5.8 1.0 264 PAKISTAN . Mw 5.7 (GS), 5.9 (HRV). Me 5.4 (GS). Es=2.4*10**12 Nm (GS). Mo=4.1*10**17 Nm (GS). Mo=8.1*10**17 Nm (HRV). At least three people injured and additional damage to houses in the Harnai area. Felt at Quetta . Two events about 1 second apart.
MAY 10 07 57 29.7 33.825 N 59.809 E 10 G 6.4 7.3 1.1 381 NORTHERN IRAN . Mw 7.3 (GS), 7.2 (HRV). Me 7.7 (GS). Ms 7.2 (BRK). Es=8.9*10**15 Nm (GS). Mo=9.5*10**19 Nm (GS). Mo=7.3*10**19 Nm (HRV). At least 1,567 people killed, 2,300 injured, 50,000 homeless, 10,533 houses destroyed, 5,474 houses damaged and landslides in the Birjand-Qayen area. Five people killed and some damage in the Herat area, Afghanistan . Felt in Kerman , Khorasan, Semnan, Sistan va Baluchestan and Yazd Provinces , Iran . This earthquake appears to have occurred on a southern splay of the Ferdows fault. The left-lateral, strike-slip Ferdows fault was the site of the 1968 Dasht-e-Bayaz earthquake (magnitude 7.3) which resulted in 12,000-20,000 casualties.The Ferdows fault is north of the Zagros Mountains (the latter being the northern boundary of the Arabian plate). Understanding the tectonics of the Ferdows region is complicated by indistinct boundaries of the several microplates at that collision zone.
MAY 13 11 42 21.4 33.465 N 59.894 E 10 G 4.5 4.0 1.2 47 NORTHERN IRAN . One person killed and ten houses destroyed at Khunik Sar. Also felt at Birjand and Qaen.
MAY 13 14 13 45.7 36.411 N 70.945 E 196 D 6.1 1.0 460 HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN . Mw 6.5 (GS), 6.4 (HRV). Me 6.3 (GS). mb 6.4 (BRK). Es=6.7*10**13 Nm (GS). Mo=5.9*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=5.0*10**18 Nm (HRV). One person killed and eleven injured in the Malakand-Peshawar area, Pakistan . One person injured at Kabul , Afghanistan . Houses damaged in many parts of northern Pakistan and at Srinagar , Kashmir . Felt strongly throughout northeastern Afghanistan , northern Pakistan and Tajikistan . Felt (IV) at Chardzhev , Turkmenistan ; (IV) at Daroot-Korgan and Sopu-Korgon , Kyrgyzstan ; (III) at Shymkent , Kazakhstan ; (II) at Bishkek , Kyrgyzstan . Felt in Himachal Pradesh and as far as Delhi , India .
JUN 20 12 57 32.3 32.334 N 59.957 E 10 G 5.0 5.4 1.4 108 NORTHERN IRAN . Mw 5.6 (HRV). Mo=2.4*10**17 Nm (HRV). Sixty houses destroyed in Khorasan Province .
JUN 25 19 38 40.6 33.938 N 59.475 E 10 G 5.5 5.8 0.9 269 NORTHERN IRAN . Mw 5.9 (GS), 5.9 (HRV). Me 6.0 (GS). Es=2.0*10**13 Nm (GS). Mo=7.7*10**17 Nm (GS). Mo=7.4*10**17 Nm (HRV). About 100 houses destroyed, 5,000 others damaged and some livestock killed in the Birjand-Qayen area.
AUG 24 21 11 24.7 28.795 N 52.593 E 33 N 5.0 4.1 0.9 151 SOUTHERN IRAN . Sixty-seven people injured in the Firuzabad area.
OCT 03 11 28 40.5 27.813 N 54.731 E 33 N 5.2 4.8 1.1 203 SOUTHERN IRAN . Mw 5.3 (HRV). Mo=1.0*10**17 Nm (HRV). Six people injured and several houses damaged in the epicentral area.
1996:
MAY 24 06 35 58.7 27.847 N 53.594 E 33 N 4.9 4.7 0.9 116 SOUTHERN IRAN . Mw 5.2 (HRV). Mo=7.8*10**16 Nm (HRV). Twenty people injured and some damage in the Khonj area.
OCT 01 15 50 23.6 12.434 N 58.066 E 10 G 5.8 5.9 1.2 276 ARABIAN SEA . Mw 6.2 (GS), 6.4 (HRV). Me 6.7 (GS). Es=2.3*10**14 Nm (GS). Mo=2.6*10**18 Nm (GS). Mo=4.9*10**18 Nm (HRV).