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Historic Earthquake
1957 Sangchal Earthquake
2 July 1957 · Hazanderan, Abegarm · Iran
On 2 July 1957 at 00:42 UTC, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Iran (Hazanderan, Abegarm), at a depth of 15 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate. It killed at least 1,100 people.
- Date
- 2 July 1957
- Time
- 00:42 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.6
- Depth
- 15 km
- Maximum Intensity
- IX (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 1,100
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Iran
- Nearest Volcano
- Damavand (70 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 20042004 Baladeh Earthquake · M 6.335 deaths
- 1990Lowshan, Manjil · M 5.620 deaths
- 1980N Central, Tehran · M 6.026 deaths
- 19621962 Buin Zahra Earthquake · M 7.212,225 deaths
- 19531953 Torud Earthquake · M 6.6970 deaths
- 1935Kevsut, Alborz · M 6.4690 deaths
- 1935Alborz · M 6.060 deaths
- 1932Torbet-I-Kheydarly · M 5.41,070 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth