The 2022 Hormozgan earthquakes were doublet earthquakes that struck southern Iran on 1 July, 2022.[1][6] The earthquakes, which occurred around two hours apart, killed seven people and injured dozens more.
This earthquake is part of a sequence of earthquakes on 1 July, 2022, in southern Iran that began with a magnitude 6.0,[1] followed by a magnitude 5.7 aftershock two hours later,[2] and a magnitude 6.0 earthquake one minute after the magnitude 5.7 earthquake.[6] The first two events were initially reported as 6.1 magnitude, while the third was an initial 6.2. They were revised down several hours later.[citation needed] Earthquake sequences similar to this one have previously occurred in the Zagros Mountains, with a similar sequence occurring in November 2021.[1]
Aftershocks
By 3 July, there were twelve aftershocks, the strongest of which was 5.7 Mw.[2][3] On July 23, two more aftershocks occurred, measuring 5.4 and 5.6 Mw .[8][9] The two quakes caused further damage to houses, and caused one indirect injury.[10]
Intensity
Modified Mercalli intensities in selected locations[11]
Two offshore earthquakes occurred in the same province near the town of Kish a month before the July events. The earthquakes measured 5.5 and 5.6 on the moment magnitude scale, and occurred at a depth of 10.0 km. The first earthquake injured four and damaged 20 buildings.[13][14][15] The latter caused one death and 37 injuries.[16][17]
Another earthquake, measuring magnitude 5.9 struck the same area on March 16 of that same year.[18] It caused two injuries and minor damage in several villages.
Impact
Twelve towns and over 300 villages, with a combined population of around 900,000, were impacted by the earthquakes.[19] The village of Sayeh Khvosh, home to around 1,100 people, was completely destroyed. The governor of Hormozgan, Mahdi Dousti, said that it would take several months to rebuild the village.[20][21] In Bandar Khamir, at least 45 houses were affected, and 35 others were damaged in the town of Kong. In total, at least 392 houses were damaged or destroyed.[19] There were also reports of power outages.[19] A road between Bandar Khamir and Bandar Lengeh was blocked by a landslide.[22] Seven people were killed and 111 others were injured.[4][5] At least 22 of the injuries were serious enough to require hospitalisation.[20][23]
^"وقوع-سه-زلزله-بسیار-شدید-در-هرمزگان-تا" [The occurrence of three very strong earthquakes in Hormozgan / so far 5 dead and 44 injured + pictures]. Shafaqna (in Persian). 2 July 2022. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
