{"id":329505,"date":"2025-03-15T15:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T14:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/?p=329505"},"modified":"2025-03-15T15:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T14:20:17","slug":"iran-news-experts-warn-tehran-earthquake-could-kill-over-6-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-news-experts-warn-tehran-earthquake-could-kill-over-6-million\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran News: Experts Warn Tehran Earthquake Could Kill Over 6 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_329506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-329506\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-329506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/iran-kermanshah-earthquake-aftermath.jpg\" alt=\"Seven years later, buildings damaged in the 2017 Kermanshah earthquake remain in ruins\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/iran-kermanshah-earthquake-aftermath.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/iran-kermanshah-earthquake-aftermath-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/iran-kermanshah-earthquake-aftermath-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/iran-kermanshah-earthquake-aftermath-745x420.jpg 745w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/iran-kermanshah-earthquake-aftermath-150x85.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/iran-kermanshah-earthquake-aftermath-696x393.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-329506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seven years later, buildings damaged in the 2017 Kermanshah earthquake remain in ruins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following two moderate earthquakes measuring 3.0 and 3.3 magnitude in Javadabad, south of Tehran, on March 14, Iranian experts have issued urgent warnings about the risk of a catastrophic earthquake in the capital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ali Beytollahi, a member of the regime\u2019s Road, Housing, and Urban Development Research Center, <a href=\"https:\/\/fararu.com\/fa\/news\/844302\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>: &#8220;All of Tehran\u2019s fault lines are active.&#8221; He warned that &#8220;micro-earthquakes are clear indicators of tectonic stress, signaling the potential for much stronger seismic activity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Seismologist Fariborz<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asriran.com\/fa\/news\/1044648\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Nateqi-Elahi emphasized<\/a> that Tehran is at imminent risk of a 7.0 magnitude or higher earthquake, stating: &#8220;A major earthquake in Tehran is not a question of \u2018if\u2019 but \u2018when.\u2019 The delay in its occurrence only increases the risk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u200b<span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem]\">A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/nournews.ir\/fa\/news\/216578\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report by Nournews<\/a>, run by the regime&#8217;s Supreme National Security Council, highlighted the inevitability of a powerful earthquake striking Tehran, stating that such an event is &#8220;not a distant possibility but a definite reality that will occur sooner or later.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> : Absent Reliable Earthquake Crisis Management, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iranians?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iranians<\/a> Can Only Pray To Be Spared Another National Catastrophe <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k2Jo0Y2oOK\">https:\/\/t.co\/k2Jo0Y2oOK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1510592269795082252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tehran sits on multiple active fault lines, including the Robat Karim fault, the Rey fault, and the North Tehran fault. The<a href=\"https:\/\/aag.scu.ac.ir\/article_19249.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Robat Karim fault<\/a>, which spans 90 kilometers, was identified as the likely cause of the recent tremors. Experts warn that a rupture along these fault lines could lead to mass casualties and infrastructural devastation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite repeated warnings, Iranian authorities have failed to implement necessary earthquake preparedness measures, leaving the capital highly vulnerable. According to official data, over 2.5 million people live in dilapidated structures across 4,420 hectares of Tehran, areas most susceptible to collapse in a major quake.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Iran has experienced several catastrophic earthquakes in the past. <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC4430695\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 2003 Bam earthquake<\/a>, which struck at 6.6 magnitude, killed over 34,000 people and destroyed 95% of the city\u2019s buildings. Similarly, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncr-iran.org\/en\/news\/society\/iran-massive-quake-damage-destruction-of-seven-cities-and-more-than-77-5-of-the-villages-in-one-province\/\">2017 Kermanshah earthquake<\/a>, measuring 7.3 magnitude, left 620 people dead and more than 9,000 injured.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Watch and judge how the regime in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Iran?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Iran<\/a> has been handling the aftermath of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/earthquake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#earthquake<\/a> that occurred in Khoy, West Azerbaijan province <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yP4LoXXtcM\">pic.twitter.com\/yP4LoXXtcM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NCRI-FAC (@iran_policy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iran_policy\/status\/1625793690168971266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Given Tehran\u2019s high population density, poor infrastructure, and lack of emergency preparedness, experts fear that a 7.0 magnitude quake could result in over 6 million casualties.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Despite these alarming warnings, the Iranian regime has diverted resources away from disaster preparedness, instead prioritizing regional military expansion and regional warfare. Critics argue that systemic corruption, poor urban planning, and the absence of crisis management strategies have turned Tehran into a ticking time bomb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As state-affiliated experts continue to sound the alarm, the question remains whether Iranian authorities will take urgent action before disaster strikes or leave Tehran\u2019s residents to face the consequences of a long-overdue seismic catastrophe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following two moderate earthquakes measuring 3.0 and 3.3 magnitude in Javadabad, south of Tehran, on March 14, Iranian experts have issued urgent warnings about the risk of a catastrophic earthquake [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":329506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[5415],"class_list":{"0":"post-329505","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-society","8":"tag-iran-society"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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