APPENDIX 12    

MAJOR IRANIAN EARTHQUAKES: 1900 - 2003


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Appendix for the paper 9/56 year Cycles: Earthquakes & Volcanoes.


The USGS listed 20 major earthquakes for Iran during the 20th century, of which 15 occurred in 12 months beginning September 1 of those years in the 9/56 year patterns (see Table B this appendix) (highly significant at p < .001).

The National Geophysical Data Center listed some 21 major quakes in the 20th century (see Table C). Of this figure, 14 fell within the 9 months commencing March 15 of those years in the 9/956 year patterns as shown in Table D (highly significant p < 10-4).


 

Table A           EARTHQUAKES IN IRAN: 1900 - 2004

Date

Magnitude

Region

1909 01

7.3

5,500 killed

1923 05 25

5.7

2,200 killed

1929 05 01

7.4

3,330 killed

1930 05 06

7.2

2,500 killed

1945 11 27

8.2

Arabian Sea coast.

1957 07 02

7.4

Northern Iran.

1957 12 13

7.3

Hamadan & Kermanchah.

1962 09 01

7.3

 

1968 08 31

7.3

Khorassan Province

1972 04 10

7.1

Qir. Southern Iran.

1976 11 24

7.3

Northwestern Iran - Russia border.

1977 03 21

6.9

Bandar Abbas area.

1978 09 16

7.8

Tabas and surrounding areas.

1981 06 11

6.9

Kerman Province.

1981 07 28

7.3

Kerman region.

1990 06 20

7.4

Rasht-Qazvin-Zanjan & Rudbar-Manjil areas.

1990 06 21

5.8

Lowshan-Manjil area.

1997 02 28

6.1

Armenia-Azerbaijan-Iran border.

2002 06 22

6.5

Ab Garm-Abhar-Avaj-Shirin Su area.

2003 12 26

6.6

Bam area.

List of selected Iranian earthquakes post 1900.
Years in BOLD contained the biggest Iranian earthquakes in the 12 months beginning September 1 of those years in Table B.
Source: United States Geological Survey.



Table B        9/56 YEAR GRID &  MAJOR IRANIAN QUAKES 
    Sq 52 Sq 05     Sq 32 Sq 41 Sq 50 Sq 03 Sq 12 Sq
21		     Sq
48		 Sq
01		      
                        1902 1911 1920 1929 1938 1947 1956
            1904

1913

 1922

1931

1940

 1949 1958 1967 1976
**		 1985 1994 2003  
1906 1915 1924

1933

 1942 1951 1960

1969

 1978

1987

1996

 2005              
1962 1971 1980
**

1989
**

 1998  2007                                      

The 56 year sequences in the table are each separated by an interval of 9 years.
Years in bold contained the biggest Iranian earthquakes in the 12 months beginning September 1 of those years in the table.
 Source of Raw Data: United States Geological Survey.



Table C      EARTHQUAKES IN IRAN: 1900 - 2004

Year

Month

Day

Region

Mag

1895

7

8

IRAN

7.5

1909

1

23

IRAN

7.7

1929

5

1

IRAN-CIS

7.2

1930

5

6

SALMAS

7.2

1945

11

27

IRAN

8

1947

8

5

IRAN

7.6

1948

10

5

CHENAR, SHEYKHAN, etc

7.5

1957

7

2

IRAN

7.4

1957

12

13

FARSINAJ

7.1

1961

6

11

LAR

7.2

1962

9

1

BUYIN-ZAHRA

7.2

1963

3

24

IRAN

7.2

1963

3

31

IRAN

7

1968

8

31

IRAN

7.3

1972

4

10

IRAN

7.1

1977

3

21

BANDAR ABBAS

7

1978

9

16

IRAN

7.7

1979

11

27

IRAN

7.1

1981

7

28

SE, KERMAN

7.1

1990

6

20

RASHT, ASTARA, ZANJAN, GHAZVIN, TABRIZ

7.7

1997

5

10

BIRJAND, GHAEN, KORASAN

7.3
Years in bold contained the biggest Iranian earthquakes in the 9 months beginning March 15 of those years in the table.
 Source: National Geophysical Data Center. Parameters: Iran. mag =>7.0.

 

 

Table B        9/56 YEAR GRID &  MAJOR IRANIAN QUAKES 
                      1894 1901 1912 1921 1930 1939 1948 1957
**
         

1896

 1905

1914

 1923

1932

1941

 1950 1959 1968 1977 1986 1995 2004  
1907 1916 1925

1934

 1943 1952 1961

1970

 1979

1988

1997

 2006              
1963
**		 1972 1981

1990

 1999  2008                                      

The 56 year sequences in the table are each separated by an interval of 9 years.
Years in bold contained the biggest Iranian earthquakes in the 9 months beginning March 15 of those years in the table.
 Source of Raw Data: National Geophysical Data Center