The destructive Boznabad earthquake of 16 January 1979 occurred at 13:20 local time (09:50 UTC) in east Iran. The earthquake had magnitude of Mw=6.5 with 11 km depth and its epicentral coordination was located at 33.9N and 59.46E. The event was triggered due to the Boznabad fault activity which had a Mechanism of Reverse/N–S right-lateral.
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Date
Time
Y
X
Depth
Mw
Region
Refrence
1956/1/16
23:37:45
-0.727
-80.213
20
7
near the coast of Ecuador
USGS
1961/1/16
7:20:13
36.121
141.758
30
7.2
near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
USGS
1961/1/16
12:12:30
36.226
141.815
30
7
near the east coast of Honshu, Japan
USGS
1979/1/16
9:50:10
33.897
59.472
33
6.7
Mojnabad
Amb
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Boznabad Earthquake of 16 January 1979, Mw 6.5
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The destructive Boznabad earthquake of 16 January 1979 occurred at 13:20 local time (09:50 UTC) in east Iran. The earthquake had magnitude of Mw=6.5 with 11 km depth and its epicentral coordination was located at 33.9N and 59.46E. The event was triggered due to the Boznabad fault activity which had a Mechanism of Reverse/N–S right-lateral.
The most important worldwide earthquakes (M>7) of this day