The 2014 Murmuri earthquake occurred on August 18 in the Zagros Mountains of Iran with a moment magnitude of 6.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The thrust earthquake injured 60–330 people and was followed by a number of high intensity aftershocks.
Earthquake
The area had not seen a large seismic event since developments in Earth observation satellites allowed scientists to more precisely study earthquakes.[2] Observations made using Interferometric synthetic aperture radar imply that different faults were ruptured by the mainshock and the largest aftershock, each leading to different surface deformations.[2]
Damage
Phone lines, water, and electricity were cut off.[4] Eight villages were hit particularly hard, each losing around half of the homes in the area.[4]
Aftershocks
In the several days following the mainshock, four strong aftershocks occurred. Within the first twenty-four hours, events with magnitudes of 5.6 Mw and 5.4 Mw occurred, each having a Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). Just over six hours later, a 6.0 Mw and intensity VIII (Severe) shock occurred. Several days later, a 5.6 Mw (intensity VII) shock occurred.[5][6][7][8]
Rezapour, M.; Mottaghi, A. (2018), "The 18 August 2014 Mw 6.2 Murmuri, Southwest Iran, Earthquake: Aftershock Sequence Analysis", Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 108 (4): 1905–1917, Bibcode:2018BuSSA.108.1905R, doi:10.1785/0120170216, S2CID135259009
