TEHRAN – A total of 125 earthquakes were recorded across the country in the week from October 18 to 24, according to the Seismology Network of the Geophysical Institute of Tehran University.
Statistically, there were 102 earthquakes with a magnitude of less than 3. There were 19 earthquakes between magnitude 3 and 4. According to a report by IRNA, there have been four earthquakes of magnitude 4 and 5 in the country, and no earthquake greater than magnitude 5.
Among the provinces in the country, Khorasan Razavi and Yazd provinces had the most earthquakes with 13 each, followed by Chaharmahal Bakhtiari and Isfahan with 12 and 11, respectively.
Of the total earthquakes, one with a magnitude of 4.7 on the Richter scale occurred in Fars province on October 21st.
At the same time, an earthquake struck Tehran province. No earthquakes were recorded in East Azarbaijan, West Azarbaijan, Kogilye Boyarahmad, Mazandaran, Markazi, and Alborz 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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