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Earthquake: Tabas

Flinn Engdahl Region: Northern and central Iran Country: Iran

Date and Time: 16.09.1978 15:35:57 UTC

Epicenter: 33.36° N 57.42° E WGS84

Focal Depth: 5km

Mb: 6.4 ML: -

Ms: 7.41 Mw: 7.3

Mo: 1.3E+20Nm Intensity:

Fault Mechanism: thrust

Earthquake Reference: Ambraseys N., P. Smit, R. Berardi, D. Rinaldis, F. Cotton, C. Berge (2000): Dissemination of

European Strong-Motion Data. CD-ROM collection, European Commission, DGXII, Science,

Research and Development, Bruxelles, Belgium

Last Revision: 15.06.2000

Acceleration Time Histories:

total: 8 records Dist. [km] PGA [m/s*s]

Station Name Coordinates Geology D Fault. Horizontal Vertical

Dayhook 33.29 N 57.5 E rock 11 11 3.780 1.709

Tabas 33.58 N 56.92 E stiff soil 52 3 10.808 8.229

Boshroyeh 33.86 N 57.42 E stiff soil 55 34 1.004 0.779

Ferdoos 34.01 N 58.16 E stiff soil 100 94 1.002 0.521

Khezri 34.05 N 58.78 E rock 147 145 0.284 0.443

Sedeh 33.32 N 59.23 E stiff soil 169 166 0.268 0.148

Birjand 32.87 N 59.21 E stiff soil 176 170 0.163 0.153

Kashmar 35.23 N 58.45 E stiff soil 228 212 0.375 0.268

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