1721 Tabriz earthquake

Catastrophic earthquake in Iran 1721 Tabriz earthquake yes April 26, 1721 Iran 7.7 Ms VIII – 10Hoseinpur Maral Zare Dr Mehdi 2009 Seismic Hazard Assessment of Tabriz, a City in the Northwest of Iran Journal of the Earth 4 2 26 Islamic Azad University, Northern Tehran branch http://www.sid.ir/en/VEWSSID/J_pdf/1018120090203.pdf 38.0 46.3 inline,titlehttps://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazel/view/hazards/earthquake/event-more-info/1222 Significant Earthquake Information National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS): NCEI/WDS Global Significant Earthquake Database. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 1972 NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information 10.7289/V5TD9V7K 14 April 2022 Iran, Tabriz 8,000–250,000 The 1721 Tabriz earthquake occurred on April 26, with an epicenter near the city of Tabriz, Iran. It leveled some three-quarters of the city,Matthee 2012 223 including many prominent mosques and schools in the city, and resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands of people. The total number of casualties caused by the earthquake is between 8,000 and 250,000;Matthee 2012 223 it was most likely approximately 80,000. At the time that it occurred, the earthquake was popularly interpreted as an omen of misfortune, or a demonstration of godly wrath.Persia and China, Volume 12 Conder Josiah 1830 J. Duncan 193 Josiah Conder (editor and author) https://books.google.com/books?id=LCVUAAAAYAAJ The destruction that the earthquake caused was a significant factor in the successful Ottoman Empire takeover of Tabriz in 1725, as well as contributing to Tabriz's economic difficulties during that period.An Iranian Town in Transition: A Social and Economic History of the Elites of Tabriz, 1747–1848 Werner Christoph 2000 Otto Harrassowitz Verlag 978-3447043090 78–79 https://books.google.com/books?id=L-Gj8Ai0wIAC&pg=PA78Iran Baker Patricia L. Smith Hilary 2009 Bradt Travel Guides 978-1841622897 143 https://books.google.com/books?id=a40CkMNqU8AC&pg=PA143 It also caused the destruction of some of the city's significant historical monuments. Accounts of the earthquake are often confused with descriptions of the 1727 Tabriz earthquake.Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes Gates Alexander E. Ritchie David 2009 Infobase Publishing 978-0816072705 293 https://books.google.com/books?id=b1sXfJCiCHQC&pg=PA293 See also List of earthquakes in Iran List of historical earthquakes References Sources Matthee Rudi Persia in Crisis: Safavid Decline and the Fall of Isfahan 2012 I.B.Tauris 978-1845117450 Category:Earthquakes in Iran Category:History of Tabriz Category:1720s earthquakes Category:1721 disasters Category:1720s in Iran Category:1721 in Asia