Earthquake Report – December 28, 2005 – Southeast of Hajiabad, Hormozghan
At 1:23 (local time) an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale occurred 26 south east of Hajiabad in Hormozghan province (Figure 1). This seismic event has been recorded at 12 broad band seismic stations of the Iranian National Broad-Band Seismic Network (INSN) at IIEES (Figure 2). The wave forms of this earthquake may be seen in the IIEES website. According to the recorded seismograms, this event is located at 28.12 ˚N and 56.07 ˚E.
Figure (1): Epicenter of Earthquake- Southeast of Hajiabad - December 28, 2005
Figure (2): Recorded Seismograms of Earthquake- Southeast of Hajiabad (IIEES National Broad Bank Seismic Network)
Figure (3): Seismicity of 150 km range surrounding the earthquake epicenter
Figure (4): Earthquakes with magnitude greater than 5, 150 km range surrounding earthquake epicenter
Table (1): List of earthquakes with magnitude greater than 6
|
Date |
Time(UTC) |
Time(Local) |
Lat. |
Lon. |
Depth |
Magnitude |
Region |
|
|
09/05/1927 |
10:31:40 |
15:01:40 |
28.5 |
56 |
|
Mb |
6.2 |
North of Hajiabad, Hormozgan Province |
|
11/05/1930 |
22:35:50 |
3:05:50 |
27.5 |
55 |
|
Mb |
6.2 |
South-East of Lar, Fars Province |
|
23/08/1930 |
10:53:18 |
15:23:18 |
27.5 |
55 |
|
Mb |
6.2 |
South-East of Lar, Fars Province |
|
24/04/1949 |
4:22:08 |
8:52:08 |
27.2 |
56.2 |
|
Mb |
6.5 |
Bandarabbas, Hormozgan Province |
|
12/04/1971 |
19:03:25 |
23:33:25 |
28.3 |
55.6 |
44 |
Mb |
6 |
West of Hajiabad, Hormozgan Province |
|
21/03/1977 |
21:18:45 |
1:48:45 |
27.6 |
56.39 |
29 |
Ms |
6.9 |
North of Bandarabbas, Hormozgan Province |
|
01/04/1977 |
13:36:24 |
18:06:24 |
27.54 |
56.32 |
29 |
Mb |
6.2 |
North of Bandarabbas, Hormozgan Province |
|
06/11/1990 |
18:45:52 |
22:15:52 |
28.25 |
55.46 |
11 |
Ms |
6.7 |
West of Hajiabad, Hormozgan Province |
|
04/03/1999 |
5:38:26 |
9:08:26 |
28.34 |
57.19 |
33 |
Ms |
6.7 |
South-West of Jiroft, Kerman Province |
|
27/11/2005 |
10:22:19 |
13:52:19 |
26.86 |
55.83 |
10 |
Mb |
6.2 |
West of Gheshm, Hormozgan Province |
Table (2): Historical earthquakes of the region
|
Y |
M |
D |
H |
Lon. |
Lat. |
M |
|
1360 |
|
|
|
55.9 |
26.8 |
|
|
1361 |
|
|
|
56.2 |
26.9 |
5.3 |
|
1497 |
|
|
|
56.3 |
27.2 |
6.5 |
|
1622 |
10 |
4 |
12 |
56.4 |
27.1 |
|
|
1884 |
5 |
19 |
24 |
56 |
26.9 |
|
|
1897 |
1 |
10 |
21 |
56 |
26.9 |
6.4 |