TEHRAN – A total of 133 earthquakes were recorded across the country in the week from October 4 to 10, according to the Seismology Network of the Geophysical Institute of Tehran University.
Statistically, there were 117 earthquakes with a magnitude of less than 3. There were 15 earthquakes of magnitude 3 to 4. IRNA reported that one earthquake of magnitude 4 to 5 occurred in the country.
Among the provinces in the country, Isfahan experienced the most earthquakes with 24, followed by Fars and Yazd (11 each), and Kerman and Khorasan Razavi (10 each).
At the same time, an earthquake struck Tehran province. No earthquakes were recorded in Western Azarbaijan, Alborz, Ilam, Qazvin, Kordestan, Sistan-Baluchestan, and Zanjan.
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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