Korizan-Khaf Earthquake of 14 November 1979, Ms6.6
Korizan-Khaf Earthquake of 14 November 1979, Ms6.6
An earthquake of magnitude Ms=6.6 and mb=6 occurred in the Ghaenat region of Khorasan province in Iran on Non. 14, 1979, at 5:51:00 a.m. local time, (2:21:00 GMT). The epicenter of the earthquake was located at 33.92N and 59.74E. The event destroyed Korizan, Estand and Bahn-Abad villages, claiming about 420 lives. Most of the casualties were children, since most of the adults were outside at work (harvesting their Saffron fields). The Korizan-Khaf earthquake was associated with a rupture length of 20 km along the Quaternary faults with about 1 m vertical displacements. During the earthquake, 10 analog accelerographs started to work up to 182 km distance around the epicenter.
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| Date | Time | Y | X | Depth | Mw | Region | Refrence |
| 1986/11/14 | 21:20:11 | 23.901 | 121.574 | 33.8 | 7.4 | Taiwan | USGS |
| 1994/11/14 | 19:15:31 | 13.525 | 121.067 | 31.5 | 7.1 | Mindoro, Philippines | USGS |
| 2001/11/14 | 9:26:10 | 35.946 | 90.541 | 10 | 7.8 | southern Qinghai, China | USGS |
| 2005/11/14 | 21:38:51 | 38.107 | 144.896 | 11 | 7 | off the east coast of Honshu, Japan | USGS |