1929 Kopet Dag earthquake

1929 Kopet Dag earthquake
	Tehran Bojnord Ashgabat
UTC time	1929-05-01 15:37:36
ISC event	908052
USGS-ANSS	ComCat
Local date	1 May 1929
Local time	20:37:36
Magnitude	7.2 Mw
Depth	10 km (6.2 mi)
Epicenter	38.12°N 57.74°E
Type	Oblique-thrust
Areas affected	Iran, Turkmenistan
Max. intensity	MMI IX (Violent)
Casualties	3,257–3,800 ; 1,121 injured

The 1929 Kopet Dag earthquake (also called the 1929 Koppeh Dagh earthquake) took place at 15:37 UTC on 1 May with a moment magnitude of 7.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). It occurred in the Kopet Dag area of Iran and caused up to 3,800 casualties along the Iran-Turkmenistan border. More than 1,100 were injured.

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Within the epicentral area, 3,250 people were killed. Eighty-eight villages in the region were damaged or destroyed, along with damage at Bojnourd. Aftershocks occurred for more than four years after, including one in July 1929 that killed several more people, before finally subsiding in 1933. Fifty-seven diverse locations reported damage, including casualties in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. Surface faulting occurred along the Baghan-Germab fault for a length of 50 kilometers (31 mi).^[5]

[1]
ISC (2015), ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009), Version 2.0, International Seismological Centre
[2]
Ambraseys, N. N.; Melville, C. P. (2005), A History of Persian Earthquakes, Cambridge University Press, p. 78, ISBN 978-0521021876
[3]
Berberian, M. (2014), Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting on the Iranian Plateau, Developments in Earth Surface Processes (1st ed.), Elsevier, p. 595, ISBN 978-0444632920
[4]
PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey, 4 September 2009
[5]
"Today in Earthquake History: May 1". United States Geological Survey. 16 July 2008. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2009.

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[ISC-GEM-1] [1]
ISC (2015), ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009), Version 2.0, International Seismological Centre

[Ambraseys-2] [2]
Ambraseys, N. N.; Melville, C. P. (2005), A History of Persian Earthquakes, Cambridge University Press, p. 78, ISBN 978-0521021876

[Berberian-3] [3]
Berberian, M. (2014), Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting on the Iranian Plateau, Developments in Earth Surface Processes (1st ed.), Elsevier, p. 595, ISBN 978-0444632920

[PAGER-CAT-4] [4]
PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog, Version 2008_06.1, United States Geological Survey, 4 September 2009

[usgs-5] [5]
"Today in Earthquake History: May 1". United States Geological Survey. 16 July 2008. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2009.

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Tehran Bojnord Ashgabat
UTC time	1929-05-01 15:37:36
ISC event	908052
USGS-ANSS	ComCat
Local date	1 May 1929 (1929-05-01)
Local time	20:37:36
Magnitude	7.2 M_w^[1]
Depth	10 km (6.2 mi)^[1]
Epicenter	38.12°N 57.74°E / 38.12; 57.74^[1]
Type	Oblique-thrust^[2]
Areas affected	Iran, Turkmenistan
Max. intensity	MMI IX (Violent)^[3]
Casualties	3,257–3,800^[4] 1,121 injured^[4]