2006 Borujerd earthquake

Earthquake in Iran December 2024 2006 Borujerd earthquake 2006-03-31 01:17:00 usp000edad 10614039 2006 3 31 y 04:47 Iran 6.1 w y 7.0 km on 33.56 N 48.73 E inline, title $42.262 million / moderate VIII Strike-slip Iran 63–70+ killed 1,246–1,418 injured The 2006 Borujerd earthquake occurred in the early morning of 31 March in the South of Borujerd with destruction in Borujerd, Silakhor and Dorood areas of the Loristan Province in western Iran. The centre of the earthquake was in Darb-e Astaneh village south of the Borujerd City. The earthquake measured 6.1 on the moment magnitude scale. Earthquake This powerful earthquake shook the entire land of Loristan Province and most areas of Hamedan and Markazi Provinces. More than 180 aftershocks followed the main earthquake in April, May and June and people had to stay outside for several weeks. A lighter foreshock happened the night before, and people stayed outside overnight and this reduced the number of casualties significantly. However, the mainshock at 4:47 am on 31 March shook Borujerd, Dorud and other towns and villages on Silakhor Plain for more than 55 seconds. Damage thumb|200px|Damage to Carevanserai Hafezi in Bazaar of Borujerd Across the affected region, 330 villages were severely damaged,Dozens feared dead in Iran earthquake https://reliefweb.int/report/iran-islamic-republic/dozens-feared-dead-iran-earthquake 8 July 2024 31 March 2006 ReliefWeb including 70 which were completely razed,Iran: Doroud Earthquake – Information Bulletin n° 1 https://reliefweb.int/report/iran-islamic-republic/iran-doroud-earthquake-information-bulletin-n-1 8 July 2024 31 March 2006 ReliefWeb with a total of 31,080 houses affected by the earthquake. Over 15,000 families were displaced. More than 40 major historical monuments of Borujerd were destroyed by the earthquake and 30% of the historical downtown of the city (2.7 kmª) was ruined or damaged thoroughly. Other monuments damaged by the earthquake include: Jame Mosque of Borujerd (900 AD) Soltani Mosque of Borujerd Imamzadeh Ja'far, Borujerd Chalenchoolan Bridge Ghaleh Hatam Bridge Birjandi Old House of Borujerd Mesri Old House of Borujerd Imamzadeh Khalogh Ali Tekyeh Movassaghi Pahlavei High School Response Apart from UN agencies e.g. UNESCO and UNICEF, there are other international agencies functioning in the field, including MSF, Caritas Italy, Operation Mercy, ACH Spain and ACT Netherlands.Iran: Doroud Earthquake Information Bulletin no. 6 http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6NR3GX?OpenDocument 10 Apr 2006 ReliefWeb See also 1909 Borujerd earthquake List of earthquakes in 2006 List of earthquakes in Iran References Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting on the Iranian Plateau https://books.google.com/books?id=_ur1AgAAQBAJ M. Berberian Manuel Berberian 2014 Developments in Earth Surface Processes 1st Elsevier 978-0444632920 633 ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2013) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 2017 International Seismological Centre Version 4.0 Significant Earthquake Database https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 https://web.archive.org/web/20060929000601/http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/nndc/struts/form?t=101650&s=1&d=1 dead 29 September 2006 National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS) National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA 10.7289/V5TD9V7K 1972 Data Set PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ September 4, 2009 United States Geological Survey Version 2008_06.1 External links Darb e Astaneh (Silakhor) Earthquake Report: March 31, 2006; ML=6.1 – IIEES IFRC- Iran Doroud Earthquake, Information Bulletin no.3 – IFRC M 6.1 – western Iran – USGS 10614039 eq-2006-000043-irn Borujerd earthquake Borujerd earthquake 2006 Borujerd Category:History of Lorestan province Category:Borujerd County Category:Borujerd Category:March 2006 in Iran