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2005 Zarand earthquake

Earthquake in Kerman province, Iran

Field	Value
name	2005 Zarand earthquake
timestamp	2005-02-22 02:25:22
anss-url	usp000dgpx
isc-event	8007175
map2	{{Location map+	Iran
relief	yes
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{{Location map~	Iran	lat	29.11	long=58.36	label_size=100	label=Bam	position=right	mark=Green pog.svg}}
{{Location map~	Iran	lat	30.72	long=56.81	mark=Bullseye1.png	marksize=40}}
width	250
float	right
caption	}}
local-date
local-time	05:55
magnitude	6.4
depth	15.5 km
location
type	Reverse
affected	Iran
damage	$80 million USD
intensity
pga	0.51 g
casualties	612 dead, 1,411 injured

| anss-url = usp000dgpx | isc-event = 8007175 | local-date = | local-time = 05:55

An earthquake affected several villages in the Kerman province of Iran on February 22, 2005, at 05:55:23 local time. The shock measured 6.4 on the moment magnitude scale and had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). Zarand is located 740 km southeast of Tehran. The maximum recorded peak ground acceleration was 0.51 g at Shirinrud dam. The United States' National Earthquake Information Center and Belgium's Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters both show that 612 died and 1,411 were injured in the event.

Damage and casualties

Four villages, each having around 1,000 inhabitants, were reported completely destroyed, and 30% to 70% of buildings in more than 40 villages were reported damaged. It is estimated that the population of the affected area exceeds 30,000. A great portion of population of several villages are severely affected because of poor condition of buildings. The epicenter of the quake was in a mountainous and sparsely inhabited area. It is believed that the death toll could have been much higher if the quake had stricken a more densely populated area like Bam.

Previous events

The region of Zarand is close to an active fault, known as the Kuhbanan fault in the north east of the city. Its trend is northwest–southeast and its length is 160 km. Zarand has been hit by several quakes in the last 70 years, with the oldest recorded one going back to 1933. On December 20, 1977, at 04:34 Iran Standard Time (23:34 December 19 UTC), the area was hit by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake leaving 521 dead and 3 villages completely destroyed. On December 26, 2003, another devastating earthquake happened in Bam, 200 km southwest of Zarand, which is in the same province.

References

(2006). "The Dahuiyeh (Zarand) earthquake of 2005 February 22 in central Iran: reactivation of an intramountain reverse fault". Geophysical Journal International.
Berberian, M.. (2014). "Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting on the Iranian Plateau". [[Elsevier]].
EMSC. "Earthquake Mw 6.3 in Iran on February 22nd, 2005 at 02:25 UTC". European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.
ISC. (2015). "ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009)". [[International Seismological Centre]].
(September 4, 2009). "PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog". United States Geological Survey.

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