• Yellow alert issued after shallow M5.8 earthquake hits Iran

    A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M5.8 hit North Khorasan Province, Iran (Turkmenistan-Iran border region) at 18:01 UTC on May 13, 2017. The agency is reporting a depth of 12.4 km (7.7 miles). A yellow alert was issued for shaking-related…

  • Strong and shallow M6.1 earthquake hits northeastern Iran

    A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit northeastern ran at 06:09 UTC on April 5, 2017. The agency is reporting a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M6.0 at the same depth. According to the USGS, the epicenter was located 51.4…

  • Four dead after shallow M5.3 earthquake hits southern Iran

    Four people have been killed and another 4 injured after a shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M5.3 hit southern Iran at 02:33 UTC (06:03 local time) on January 6, 2017. The quake hit at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). EMSC is reporting M5.2 at the same…

  • Strong M6.2 earthquake struck southern Iran – numerous aftershocks

    A strong earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.2 struck southern Iran at 02:08 UTC on May 11, 2013. The epicenter was located 85 km (53 miles) ESE of Minab and 157 km (98 miles) E of Qeshm, Iran at coordinates 26.784°N 57.841°E. USGS reported a depth of…

  • Magnitude 5.1 earthquake hits Iran

    Magnitude  5.1 earthquake hits region of Eastern Iran at  19:47:01UTC at depth of 40 km, 47 km SouthEast from Kerman, 95 km East from Bardsir.  More information at: Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran Tehran, Iran International