AQ-Qaleh Earthquake 2004/10/7
On the Friday Morning, October 7, 2004, at 21:46:15(U.T.C time), 01:16 (local time) the northern part of Iran was shaken by an earthquake which was felt severely in a radius of over 180 km about its epicenter area. The earthquake which was located at about 39 km north of Gorgan (Gholestan Province).
Broad Band Seismic Network (INSN) of International Institute of Earthquake engineering and Seismology (IIEES), placed the epicenter at 37.35oN and 54.56oE with a focal depth of about 15 km, and assigned a local magnitude (ML) of 6.0 to the earthquake.
The fault responsible for the Oct 7 earthquake is not identified yet. Further information will provide.
So far there have been about 20 aftershocks. From these aftershocks there have been 4 following major events:
|
Date |
Time |
Latitude | Longitude | Depth | mb | Ms | ML | Mw | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004/10/08 | 13:45:47.7 | 37.46 | 54.66 | 15 | 4.9 | North-West of Gonbadkavos | |||
| 2004/10/08 | 01:49:16.6 | 37.68 | 54.81 | 15 | 4.1 | West of GonbadKavos | |||
| 2004/10/07 | 23:21:01.4 | 37.59 | 54.72 | 15 | 4.3 | North-West of Gonbadkavos | |||
| 2004/10/07 | 23:02:48.2 | 37.61 | 54.58 | 15 | 4.2 | North-West of Gonbadkavos | |||
| 2004/10/07 | 21:46:15.6 | 37.35 | 54.56 | 14 | 6.0 | North-West of Gonbadkavos |