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2005 Zarand earthquake

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2005 Zarand earthquake hit the city of Zarand and several villages in Kerman province of Iran on February 22, 2005. The quake happened in 5:55 local time (2:25 UTC) and was measured as 6.4 on the Richter scale. The quake lasted for 11 seconds and at least 17 aftershocks were reported ranging in magnitude between 3.3 and 4.8. Zarand is located 740km southeast of Tehran.

Preliminary reports by Iranian officials account 564 dead and more than 1000 injured. 3 villages, Douhan, each having around 1000 inhabitants, are completely destroyed and 30% to 70% of buildings in more than 30 villages are damages.

It's estimated that the population of affected area exceeds 30,000.

Affected villages

According to governor of Kerman province [1] the following villages are affected:

  1. Dahouiyeh (داهوییه), population 829, 100% destroyed
  2. Hatkan (حتکن), pop. ?, 90%
  3. Sarbanan (سربنان), pop. 3000, 45%
  4. Katguiyeh (کتگوییه), pop. 200, 90%
  5. vahdat villages (دهستان وحدت), pop. 11000, 45%
  6. Reyhan-Dasht (ریحان دشت), pop. 10000, 30%
  7. Khanouk (خانوک), pop. 2880, 45%

Previous quakes

The region of Zarand is close to an active fault, known as Kuhbanan fault [2] in north east of the city. Its trend is northwest-southeast and its length is 160km.

Zarand has been hit by several quakes in the last 70 years, with the oldest recoded one going back to 1933.

On December 21, 1977, the area was hit by a 6.2-magnitude earthquake leaving more than 500 dead and 3 villages completely destroyed.


See also

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