Iran has a long history of deadly earthquakes, but the most recent one that occurred in Iran took place on a Tuesday, 23 February 2010 at 10:25:57 UTC. It has a magnitude of 5.1 and was 65.1 kilometres deep. It happened at 32.17N, 48.29E-Western Iran.
The world's earthquakes tend to be concentrated in narrow zones, like volcanoes. This is because the Earth's rigid outer shell is broken into a mosaic of oceanic and continental plates which can slide over the plastic aesthenosphere which is the uppermost layer of the mantle. The plates are consistently moving. Where they interact along their margins, important geological processes such as the formation of mountain belts, volcanoes and earthquakes take place.
The damage that earthquakes cause depends on what area is hit. Usually, there would be many injuries and destruction. However, since this earthquake is not very strong so, it would be felt but minimal damage is caused. But even so, it is still very dangerous.
In order to minimise damage from earthquakes at home, we should fasten shelves securely to walls, store breakable or fragile items in low and closed cabinets,brace overhead light fixtures, repair defective electrical wiring to prevent fire, secure a water heater, repair deep cracks in ceilings and store flammable products in closed cabinets on bottom shelves. These few simple steps may seem like a small thing but they might make a difference!
