2013 Bushehr earthquake
UTC time | 2013-04-09 11:52:49 |
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ISC event | 607304565 |
USGS-ANSS | ComCat |
Local date | April 9, 2013 |
Local time | 16:22 IRDT |
Magnitude | 6.3 Mw[1] |
Depth | 10.0 km (6.2 mi) |
Epicenter | 28°29′N 51°35′E / 28.48°N 51.58°E |
Areas affected | Iran |
Max. intensity | MMI VIII (Severe) |
Aftershocks | 32 |
Casualties | 37 dead, 850 injured |
The 2013 Bushehr earthquake occurred with a
Tectonic setting
Iran lies within the complex zone of
Earthquake
At 16:22
The area is home to ten thousand people and fifty villages.[3] The United States Geological Survey (USGS) estimated that 80,000 people experienced strong tremors while several million felt light shaking.[3] The earthquake was felt in many countries around the Persian Gulf, including Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates.[2][3][6]
Damage
At least 37 people were killed and an estimated 850 were injured by the earthquake.[2] Most of those killed were in the town of Shonbeh and villages of Shonbeh-Tasuj District.[2] Of the injured, 100 required hospitalization.[2]
Two villages in the
The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant was not damaged, according to its operator and the governor of the province.[2] It was built to withstand a magnitude 8 earthquake, according to an official.[4]
Aftermath
Iran's
Three days of
See also
References
- ^ a b "M6.3 – 89km SE of Bandar Bushehr, Iran". USGS. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Alastair Jamieson; John Newland (April 9, 2013). "'Devastating' quake strikes near Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant, kills dozens". NBC News. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Earthquake near Iran's Bushehr nuclear power station". BBC News. April 9, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Iran says at least 37 killed in earthquake in south, nuclear plant undamaged". The Washington Post. Associated Press. April 9, 2013. Archived from the original on December 9, 2018. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- ^ "Magnitude 5.6 - SOUTHERN IRAN". Archived from the original on April 13, 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
- ^ Al-Asmari, Saeed (April 10, 2013). "Quake tremors jolt Dammam, Alkhobar". ArabNews.
- ^ "Earthquake: 37 dead and 850 injured in Iran by tremor that rocked UAE". thenational.ae. Archived from the original on June 21, 2013.
- ^ a b c "The Mw6.4 Shonbeh (Bushehr), Iran Earthquake, April 2013". April 2013. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
Further reading
- Ansari, Shoja (2017), "Aftershocks properties of the 2013 Shonbe Mw 6.3 earthquake, central Zagros, Iran", Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 147: 17–27,
- Elliott, J. R.; Bergman, E. A.; Copley, A. C.; Ghods, A. R.; Nissen, E. K.; Oveisi, B.; Tatar, M.; Walters, R. J.; Yamini-Fard, F. (2015), "The 2013Mw6.2 Khaki-Shonbe (Iran) Earthquake: Insights into seismic and aseismic shortening of the Zagros sedimentary cover", Earth and Space Science, 2 (11): 435–471,
External links
- Major Earthquake Strikes Iran
- The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.