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1981 Iran Earthquake
23 July 1981 · Urumiyeh · Iran
On 23 July 1981 at 00:05 UTC, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Iran (Urumiyeh), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 100 km from its boundary with the Arabian Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 10 people.
- Date
- 23 July 1981
- Time
- 00:05 UTC
- Magnitude
- 5.8
- Depth
- 33 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 10
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Iran
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Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth