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2010 Hosseinabad earthquake
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Earthquake in Iran
2010 Hosseinabad earthquake 2010-12-20 18:41:59 usp000hr7k 15813625 Iran-Kerman2010 earthquake Shakemap.jpg USGS ShakeMap for the event Iran
2010 12 20 22:11 6.6 Mw 15 km mi 0 on 28.38 59.15 region:IR_type:event inline,title Iran VIII 11 people dead Quake strikes south-eastern Iran BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12045980 2011-12-21 2011-12-21
The 2010 Hosseinabad earthquake occurred on December 20 at 22:11 local time (18:41 UTC) with a moment magnitude of 6.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). It was located about 20 km from Hosseinabad (spelled variously as Ḩoseynābād or Hosein Abad) (Persian: حسين آباد), Kermān Province in south-eastern Iran, about 100 km from Bam.http://irsc.ut.ac.ir/newsview.php?eventid=46285&network=earth_ismc__ Latest Earthquakes Iranian Seismological Center
The earthquake killed eleven people and injured over 100. Seven dead, hundreds injured in Iran quake AsiaOne http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/World/Story/A1Story20101221-253943.html https://web.archive.org/web/20101224042031/http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/World/Story/A1Story20101221-253943.html dead December 24, 2010 2011-12-21 2011-12-21 Damage was concentrated in about 20 villages in the area of Fahraj.Mohammad-abad Rigan Earthquake of 20 December 2010, Mw 6.3 – International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology http://old.iiees.ac.ir/en/mohammad-abad-rigan-earthquake-of-20-december-2010-mw-6-3/ 2025-11-08 en-US Casualties were reported in the villages of Chah Qanbar, Tak Seyfeldini, and Sarze Rigan.http://www.rttnews.com/list/general-news.aspx Realtime Business News, Economic News, Breaking News and Forex News RTTNewshttp://www.bruneinews.net/story/722071 Brunei News – Strong earthquake rocks Iran, kills seven 2010-12-21 https://archive.today/20120914134928/http://www.bruneinews.net/story/722071 2012-09-14 dead Telephone service was interrupted and power outages were reported in the affected area. The intensity in Bam was IV (Light) and no damage was caused. It could also be felt in the province of Sistan-Baluchestan. According to the director of the Red Crescent of Iran, it is difficult to deliver humanitarian aid to some villages in the affected mountainous area.http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=232611 Powerful quake hits southeast Iran 21 December 2010 Tehran Times Some hard-to-reach areas were inaccessible due to being blocked by landslides.
Moderate earthquakes can cause serious damage in the Iranian countryside, where buildings are often made of mud-bricks.Deadly earthquake hits southeast Iran http://www.france24.com/en/20101221-deadly-earthquake-hits-south-east-iran-hosseinabad-bam?ns_mchannel=SEM&ns_source=Google&ns_campaign=France%2024%20US_Middle%20East&ns_linkname=Iran%20-%20Earthquake_earth%20quake%20iran&ns_fee=0&gclid=COaj1rLRgqYCFUqApAodE3nPnw Marina Bertsch Kate Williams December 22, 2010 France 24
See also
List of earthquakes in 2010
List of earthquakes in Iran
Shahsavaran (volcanic field)
References
ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 19 January 2015 International Seismological Centre Version 2.0
Further reading
Amiri M. Mousavi Z. Atzori S. Khorrami F. Aflaki M. Tolomei C. Motaghi K. Salvi S. Studying postseismic deformation of the 2010–2011 Rigan earthquake sequence in SE Iran using geodetic data Tectonophysics 795 2020 0040-1951 10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228630 228630 2020Tectp.79528630A
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