Iran Earthquake Today — Live Map & Recent Quakes

Track Iran earthquake today in real time with live map data and latest tremors updated every 60s from USGS. Iran sits at the crossroads of major tectonic plates and has experienced many devastating earthquakes.

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Past 7 Days

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Live Iran Earthquake Map

Earthquakes in Iran

1 events · Past 7 Days

  • M4.3

    53 km NNE of Kāshmar, Iran

    10 km deep

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    3d ago

Seismic Hazard Profile

About Earthquake Activity in Iran

Iran is one of the most seismically hazardous nations in Asia, situated directly in the heart of the Alpine-Himalayan seismic belt. Because much of the country's population resides in arid basins flanked by active thrust faults, even moderate earthquakes have historically caused immense human and structural losses.

Why does Iran experience earthquakes?

Iran's active tectonics are governed by the relentless northward drift of the Arabian Plate colliding into the Eurasian continental plate at 20 to 25 millimeters per year. This continental collision compresses the Iranian plateau from the south, forcing the crust to crumple and thicken into the Zagros Fold-and-Thrust Belt in the southwest and the Alborz Mountains (flanking Tehran) in the north. Because the central plateau is surrounded by rigid crustal blocks, tectonic strain escapes along major strike-slip faults like the North Tabriz Fault, the Bam Fault, and the Dasht-e Bayaz Fault.

Key Facts About Iran Seismicity

Seismic Risk Level
ExtremeHazard Zone
Population Exposed

~88 million

Primary Seismology Agency

IRSC

Iranian Seismological Center (University of Tehran)

Major Faults & Trenches
  • Zagros Thrust Belt
  • North Tabriz Fault
  • Mosha Fault (Tehran)
  • Main Recent Fault
Tectonic Setting

Continental collision of Arabian Plate into Eurasian Plate

Notable Historic Quakes
  • 2003 Bam Citadel EarthquakeM6.6
  • 1990 Manjil-Rudbar EarthquakeM7.4
  • 1978 Tabas EarthquakeM7.4
FAQ · Iran

Frequently Asked Questions About Earthquakes in Iran

Expert answers to common questions about seismic risks, fault lines, and earthquake activity in Iran.

Our live feed tracks seismic events across Iran over the past 24 hours, monitoring critical fault zones in the Zagros and Alborz mountain belts.

Iran is situated in the active convergence zone between the Arabian and Eurasian tectonic plates. Active mountain-building creates complex shallow strike-slip and reverse faults directly beneath populated historic towns and cities.

On December 26, 2003, a magnitude 6.6 shallow earthquake destroyed the ancient mud-brick city of Bam in southeastern Iran, tragically claiming over 26,000 lives due to the collapse of unreinforced adobe construction.

Tehran (flanked by the Mosha and North Tehran faults), Tabriz, Mashhad, and Shiraz all sit near major active faults with documented historical ruptures.

The Iranian Seismological Center (IRSC) at the Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran, monitors the national seismograph network alongside the USGS.