M 6.3 SOUTHERN IRAN on April 9th 2013 at 11:52 UTC

Last update: 11 April 2013 at 14:28 UTC

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Earthquake details

A M6.3 earthquake occurred in the region of Kaki, 90 km south-east of Bandar Būshehr, southern Iran on Tuesday 9th of April, 2013 at 11:52 UTC (14:52 local time) killing 37 and injured more than 850 people.
Water and electricity were cut to many residents, according to the authorities, in the worst-hit district Shonbeh.
In 48 hours following the main shock, 91 M3.5+ aftershocks have been recorded. Among them, 5 with a magnitude greater than 5 and 42 greater than 4.

• Read the preliminary report by M. Zare and M. Shahvar from the International Institute for Earthquake Engineering and Seismology.
• Kikuchi method is applied for teleseismic body-waveform modeling by M. Raeesi (University of Bergen, Norway)
• Webiste of the Iranian Seismological Centre, University of Tehran

More information on the main shock is available here.

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Aftershocks locations

 

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Epicenter location

Main Shock Epicenter Location

Past Regional Seismicity as from the ISC catalogue (1964-2004) and EMSC Real Time catalogue (2005-today)

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