1968 Dasht-e Bayaz Earthquake
It turned many settlements in eastern Iran into ruins.
Year1968
MagnitudeM7.1
DepthNot available in the source dataset
Lives lost12,000
What happened?
It turned many settlements in eastern Iran into ruins.
Why is it important?
12,000 recorded deaths make this event a major human-impact earthquake. Historical totals can vary between sources as records are revised.
How to read the data
Magnitude describes the energy released at the source. The mapped epicenter is 34.05, 58.18; it does not by itself describe the full affected area.