The 2010 Hosseinabad earthquake occurred on December 20 at 22:11 local time (18:41 UTC) with a

moment magnitude The moment magnitude scale (MMS; denoted explicitly with or Mwg, and generally implied with use of a single M for magnitude) is a measure of an earthquake's magnitude ("size" or strength) based on its seismic moment. was defined in a 1979 paper ...

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 Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

: حسين آباد),

Kermān Province Kerman province () is the largest of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Kerman. The province is in the southeast of Iran. In 2014 it was placed in Region 5. Mentioned in ancient times as the Achaemenid satrapy of Carmani ...

in south-eastern

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

, about 100 km from Bam. The earthquake killed eleven people and injured over 100. Damage was concentrated in about 20 villages in the area of Fahraj. Casualties were reported in the villages of Chah Qanbar, Tak Seyfeldini, and Sarze Rigan. 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 The organized International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is a humanitarian movement with approximately 16million volunteers, members, and staff worldwide. It was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human ...

of Iran, it is difficult to deliver humanitarian aid to some villages in the affected mountainous area. 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.

References

External links

* Earthquakes in Iran 2010 in Iran

History of Kerman province 2010 disasters in Asia 2010s disasters in Iran {{Iran-hist-stub

See also

References

Further reading

External links