TEHRAN – A total of 118 earthquakes were recorded across the country in the week from October 11 to 17, according to the Earthquake Network of the University of Tehran Institute of Geophysics.
Statistically, there were 109 earthquakes with a magnitude of less than 3. There were nine earthquakes between magnitude 3 and 4. According to Fars News Agency, no earthquakes exceeding magnitude 4 have occurred in the country.
Among the provinces in the country, Khorasan Razavi and Yazd provinces each experienced 15 earthquakes, followed by South Khorasan province with 11 earthquakes.
Of the total earthquakes, one with a magnitude of 3.9 on the Richter scale occurred in South Khorasan province on October 13.
During the same period, no earthquakes were recorded in Tehran, East Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan, Alborz, Ilam, Zanjan, Kordestan, Sistan-Baluchestan, and Markazi governorates.
According to the Seismology Network of the Geophysical Institute of Tehran University, a total of 6,272 earthquakes were recorded across the country in the past calendar year (March 2024-March 2025).
Of the registered earthquakes, 150 were of Richter scale 4 or higher. The country experiences at least five earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or higher each month.
The Iranian Plateau is located in a highly seismically active region of the world and is known not only for large and devastating earthquakes, but also for natural disasters, especially earthquake-related disasters.
Approximately 2 percent of the world’s earthquakes occur in Iran, but over 6 percent of the world’s earthquake casualties in the 20th century were reported to be due to Iranian earthquakes.
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