TEHRAN – A total of 117 earthquakes were recorded nationwide in a week, according to the Earthquake Network of the Institute of Geophysics at the University of Tehran Geophysics.
Statistically, 100 earthquakes with a size less than 3. 13 earthquakes, between 3 and 4 sizes. Three earthquakes of size between 4 and 5 and one earthquake with magnitudes of 5 and 6 occurred in the country, the IRNA reported.
Of the total, one was 5.4 on the Richter scale, which occurred in Carman on August 5th.
Of the states of the country, the 24-year-old Semnan experienced the most earthquakes, each followed by Khorasan Razavi and Karman State with 15 and 10 earthquakes.
During the same period, two earthquakes struck Tehran. No earthquakes have been recorded in East Azabaijan, West Azarbaijan, Aldabil, Alboz, Ilam, Zanjan, Sistan Balsestan, QOM, Kazbin and Kordestan provinces.
According to the Earthquake Network of the Institute of Geophysics at the University of Tehran, a total of 6,272 earthquakes have been recorded nationwide in past calendar years (March 2024 – March 2025).
From the registered earthquakes, 150 were over four on the Richter scale. At least five earthquakes of 4.5 or more have occurred monthly in the country.
The Iranian plateau is located in a highly seismically active region of the world and is known not only for its major catastrophic earthquakes, but also for its natural disasters, particularly earthquake-related disasters.
Iran has about 2% of global earthquakes, but more than 6% of global earthquake casualties in the 20th century have been reported from Iranian earthquakes.
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