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2024 Razavi Khorasan earthquake
2024 Razavi Khorasan earthquake is located in Iran
2024 Razavi Khorasan earthquake
UTC time2024-06-18 09:54:49
USGS-ANSSComCat
Local date18 June 2024 (2024-06-18)
Local time13:24 IRST
Magnitude4.9 Mw
Depth10 km (6.2 mi)
Epicenter35°15′40″N 58°27′29″E / 35.261°N 58.458°E / 35.261; 58.458
Areas affectedRazavi Khorasan, Iran
Max. intensityMMI VIII (Severe)
Casualties4 fatalities, 120 injuries

On 18 June 2024, a Mw 4.9 earthquake struck 2 km (1.2 mi) northwest-north of Kashmar, in the Razavi Khorasan province, Iran,[1] killing four people and injuring 120 others.[2][3]

Tectonic setting

Earthquake

The earthquake had a moment magnitude of 4.9 and a depth of 10 km (6.2 mi).[1]

Impact

Four people were killed in the earthquake; two after a building façade collapsed in Kashmar and another two in Zendeh Jan due to a house collapse. An additional 120 others were injured from the earthquake, of which 35 were hospitalised.[2][3] In Kashmar, over 300 houses were damaged,[4] 200 of them severely.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b ANSS. "M 4.9 - 2 km NNW of Kāshmar, Iran 2024". Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey.
  2. ^ a b اخبار لحظه‌ای از زلزله کاشمر - شمار جان‌باختگان زمین‌لرزه به ۴ نفر افزایش یافت / آغاز آواربرداری مناطق‌ زلزله‌زده [Current news of the Kashmir earthquake The number of people who died in the earthquake increased to 4 / the beginning of the removal of rubble from the earthquake-affected areas]. Qudsonline (in Persian). 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b زمین لرزه ۵ ریشتری کاشمر ۵۰ مصدوم برجای گذاشت [The 5-magnitude earthquake in Kashmir left 50 injured]. Shahr Khabar (in Persian). 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  4. ^ "آسیب به ۳۰۰ خانه روستایی در پی زلزله شهرستان کاشمر" [Damage to 300 rural houses after the earthquake in Kashmer city]. Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  5. ^ بالغ بر 200 منزل مسکونی در زلزله کاشمر آسیب جدی دیده‌است [More than 200 residential houses were seriously damaged in the Kashmir earthquake]. Pupils Association News Agency (in Persian). 18 June 2024. Retrieved 18 June 2024.