M 7.3 earthquake – 43 km NW of Delījān, Iran
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Local time: Jan 23, 1909 · 06:14 (UTC+3:25)
MajorShallow · 15 km
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- Magnitude
- 7.3moment magnitude (mw)
- Depth
- 15 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 34.306, 50.39644 km from Delījān
- Energy released
- 1.3 megatons of TNTabout 90 × Hiroshima
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- 7.5max. instrumental (MMI)
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 110 km
- Significance
- 820USGS score, 0–1,000+
The strongest within 300 km on record
No earthquake this strong has been recorded this close since our catalog begins in 1900.
How strong was it?
Major earthquake. It released 1.3 megatons of TNT, 2,818 times the energy of a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Iran.
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- 6.5 12 km SSE of Şaḩneh, Iran Dec 13, 1957
- 6.3 41 km SSE of Nowshahr, Iran May 28, 2004
- 6.2 39 km NE of Masjed Soleymān, Iran Dec 14, 1978
- 6.2 46 km NNW of Īz̄eh, Iran Jul 15, 1929
- 6.1 19 km SW of Aznā, Iran Mar 31, 2006