TEHRAN – A total of 154 earthquakes were recorded across the country in the week from November 22 to 28, according to the Seismology Network of the Geophysical Institute of Tehran University.
Statistically, there were 132 earthquakes of magnitude less than 3. There were 19 earthquakes between magnitude 3 and 4. According to the ISRC report, there were two earthquakes of magnitude 4 to 5 and one earthquake of magnitude 5 or higher in the country.
Among the provinces in the country, Yazd had the most earthquakes with 25, followed by South Khorasan and Khorasan Razavi with 16 and 15, respectively.
Of the total earthquakes, one with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale occurred in Yazd province on November 28th.
Two earthquakes struck Tehran province during the same period. No earthquakes were recorded in Alborz, Zanjan, Sistan-Baluchestan, Qazvin, and Hamedan provinces.
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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