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Table 2 Recent earthquakes near the city of Yazd (Source: USGS 2021)

From: Local seismic culture in Iranian vernacular architecture: evidence from Yazd earthen architecture

No.

Year

Magnitude

Distance (km)

1

1958

5.7 Mw

122

2

1973

5 Mb

17

3

1974

5.2 Mb

121

4

1978

4.5 Mb

18

5

1979

4.6 Mb

86

6

1981

4.5 Mb

140

7

1982

4.8 Mb

128

8

1995

4.8 Mb

112

9

2001

4.5 Mb

149

10

2005

4.5 Mb

56

11

2007

5 Mwc

147

12

2012

4.5 Mb

64

13

2017

5 Mb

97