Magnitude 6.6 Northern Iran
1998 March 14 19:40:02 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver
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Magnitude | 6.6 | |
| Date-Time | 1998 03 14 19:40:02 UTC | ||
| Location | 30.15N 57.60E | ||
| Depth | 9.0 kilometers | ||
| Region | Northern Iran | ||
| Reference |
50 km (30 miles) ESE of Kerman, Iran 200 km (125 miles) ENE of Sirjan, Iran 325 km (200 miles) WNW of Zahedan, Iran 840 km (520 miles) SE of TEHRAN, Iran |
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| Location Quality | Error estimate not available | ||
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Location Quality Parameters |
Not available | ||
| Source | USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) | ||
| Remarks | 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. |
NB:
The region name is an automatically generated name
from the Flinn-Engdahl (F-E) seismic and geographical regionalization scheme.
The boundaries of
these regions are defined at one-degree intervals and therefore differ from
irregular political boundaries.
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