• Source: 2006 Borujerd earthquake

The 2006 Borujerd earthquake occurred in the early morning of 31 March in the South of Borujerd with destruction in Borujerd, Silakhor and Dorood areas of the Loristan Province in western Iran. The centre of the earthquake was in Darb-e Astaneh village south of the Borujerd City. The earthquake measured 6.1 on the moment magnitude scale.




Earthquake


This powerful earthquake shook the entire land of Loristan Province and most areas of Hamedan and Markazi Provinces. More than 180 aftershocks followed the main earthquake in April, May and June and people had to stay outside for several weeks. A lighter foreshock happened the night before, and people stayed outside overnight and this reduced the number of casualties significantly. However, the mainshock at 4:47 am on 31 March shook Borujerd, Dorud and other towns and villages on Silakhor Plain for more than 55 seconds.




= Damage

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Across the affected region, 330 villages were severely damaged, including 70 which were completely razed, with a total of 31,080 houses affected by the earthquake. Over 15,000 families were displaced.
More than 40 major historical monuments of Borujerd were destroyed by the earthquake and 30% of the historical downtown of the city (2.7 kmª) was ruined or damaged thoroughly. Other monuments damaged by the earthquake include:

Jame Mosque of Borujerd (900 AD)
Soltani Mosque of Borujerd
Imamzadeh Ja'far, Borujerd
Chalenchoolan Bridge
Ghaleh Hatam Bridge
Birjandi Old House of Borujerd
Mesri Old House of Borujerd
Imamzadeh Khalogh Ali
Tekyeh Movassaghi
Pahlavei High School




= Response

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Apart from UN agencies e.g. UNESCO and UNICEF, there are other international agencies functioning in the field, including MSF, Caritas Italy, Operation Mercy, ACH Spain and ACT Netherlands.




See also


1909 Borujerd earthquake
List of earthquakes in 2006
List of earthquakes in Iran




References






External links


Darb e Astaneh (Silakhor) Earthquake Report: March 31, 2006; ML=6.1 – IIEES
IFRC- Iran Doroud Earthquake, Information Bulletin no.3 – IFRC
M 6.1 – western Iran – USGS
The International Seismological Centre has a bibliography and/or authoritative data for this event.
ReliefWeb's main page for this event.

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