223 km S of Baku, Azerbaijan / pop: 1,116,513 / local time: 04:42:35.3 2015-03-12
82 km E of Ardabīl, Iran / pop: 410,753 / local time: 04:12:35.3 2015-03-12
28 km E of Astara, Azerbaijan / pop: 15,190 / local time: 04:42:35.3 2015-03-12
For more information on computation, see the article Bossu et al., 2016:
Thumbnail Based Questionnaires for the Rapid and Efficient Collection of Macroseismic Data from Global Earthquakes, Rémy Bossu, Matthieu Landès, Fréderic Roussel, Robert Steed, Gilles Mazet-Roux, Stacey S. Martin, and Susan Hough. Seismological Research Letter. Oct 2016. doi: 10.1785/0220160120;
Furthermore, to avoid the association with wrong events, we filter testimonies in distance and in intensity depending on the magnitude of the seismic event.
References for tectonic plate boundaries:
Coffin, M.F., Gahagan, L.M., and Lawver, L.A., 1998, Present-day Plate Boundary Digital Data Compilation. University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Technical Report No. 174, pp. 5.
Maps view: Seismicity from the previous 7 days in the area .
Regional instrumental seismicity
This seismicity maps have been generated by concatenating the ISC catalogue (since 1964), the EMSC Euro-Med Bulletin catalogue and the EMSC Real Time catalogue. Therefore, they show the seismicity from 1964 until the earthquake occurrence.
Regional deadly earthquakes from 1500 to origin time
Date
Long.
Lat.
Mag.
Death
Location
1484-08-27
49.0
37.0
?
many
NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN IRAN
1485-08-15
50.5
36.4
7.2
many
NORTHERN IRAN
1550-00-00
46.4
38.1
7.1
many
NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1608-04-20
50.5
36.4
7.4
many
NORTHERN IRAN
1640-02-27
46.3
38.2
6.1
many
NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1641-02-05
46.1
37.9
6.8
12613
NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1650-01-04
46.2
38.0
?
many
NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1668-01-04
48.5
40.5
7.0
80000
AZERBAIJAN
1669-01-14
48.6
40.6
5.7
7000
AZERBAIJAN
1671-01-01
48.6
40.6
5.2
many
AZERBAIJAN
1717-03-12
46.3
38.1
5.9
700
NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1721-04-26
46.7
37.9
7.4
40000
NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1721-09-26
46.3
38.1
6.0
many
NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1727-11-18
46.2
38.0
7.2
77000
NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1780-01-08
46.3
38.1
7.4
50000
NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1828-08-09
48.4
40.7
5.7
8000
AZERBAIJAN
1844-05-13
48.0
37.5
6.9
great
NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1859-06-11
48.5
40.7
6.1
100
AZERBAIJAN
1863-12-30
48.5
38.1
6.1
1000
AZERBAIJAN-IRAN BORDER REGION
1864-01-03
48.3
38.2
?
500
AZERBAIJAN-IRAN BORDER REGION
1872-01-28
48.7
40.6
6.0
118
AZERBAIJAN
1879-03-22
47.9
37.8
6.7
2000
NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1879-03-22
47.5
38.2
?
992
NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1880-07-04
47.3
36.4
5.6
60
NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1883-05-03
47.2
37.9
6.2
many
NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1896-01-02
48.4
37.8
?
300
NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1896-01-04
48.3
37.7
6.7
1100
NORTHWESTERN IRAN
1902-02-13
48.5
40.7
6.9
86
AZERBAIJAN
1931-04-27
46.0
39.4
6.4
390
ARMENIA-AZERBAIJAN-IRAN BORD REG
1990-06-20
49.4
37.0
7.7
35000
NEAR THE COAST OF NORTHERN IRAN
1997-02-28
48.1
38.1
6.1
1100
AZERBAIJAN-IRAN BORDER REGION
2000-11-25
49.9
40.2
6.8
5
CASPIAN SEA, OFFSHORE AZERBAIJAN
2012-08-11
46.8
38.4
6.4
306
NORTHWESTERN IRAN
Source:
From 1500 to 1999: T. Utsu ; International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology; vol. A; 691-718
Testimonies, photos
Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran Tehran, Iran
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