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Earthquakes

Much of Kurdistan lies along the Zagros and Anatolian fault zones. This programme explains the risk and how families and communities can prepare.

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  1. Judith A. Hubbard, Kyle Edward Bradley (2024). M5.6 earthquake strikes the Zagros mountains of Iran. Earthquake Insights. DOI 10.62481/4e9473a9
  2. Mohammadreza Jamalreyhani, Léa Pousse-Beltran, MirAli Hassanzadeh et al. (2022). Co-seismic slip of the 18 April 2021 Mw 5.9 Genaveh earthquake in the South Dezful Embayment of Zagros (Iran) and its aftershock sequence. Seismica. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.7148513
  3. Haidar Khezri (2017). Kurdistan earthquake: politics creates roadblocks to relief. The Conversation Media Group Ltd. DOI 10.64628/aai.647tdjtae
  4. Arash Andalib, Mehdi Zare, Farid Atry (2016). A fuzzy expert system for earthquake prediction, case study: the Zagros range. arXiv. DOI 10.48550/arxiv.1610.04028
  5. Hamid Ganjaeian, Mojtaba Yamani, Abolghasem Gorabi et al. (2024). Evaluating the Impacts of Earthquake in Ezgele, Kermanshah (Iran) (Occurred on 2017/11/12). Current Research in Environmental Science and Ecology Letters. DOI 10.33140/cresel.01.01.06

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01What it offers

  • 01

    The risk explained

    How the Zagros and Anatolian fault zones produce earthquakes, in plain words.

  • 02

    Preparing a home

    Steps from official civil protection guidance.

  • 03

    After a quake

    How to find verified information and help well.

  • 04

    Lessons learned

    A course on the 2023 Kahramanmaraş disaster and its lessons.

02Who it is for

  • Families in the homeland
  • Diaspora families
  • Community Cells
  • Teachers

03How it works

Learn
read the guide or take the course.
Prepare
follow the home and family steps.
Practise
run a drill with your family.
Respond
after a quake, use the crisis information page.

04What it always keeps

  • No earthquake predictions
  • Guidance follows official seismic and civil protection sources
  • No figure is shown without its source
  • Appeals are shared only through lawful, transparent channels

05On the map

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  • Earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 and above over the past 30 days, in a box drawn around the homeland across four states.

Map: OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Boundaries: Natural Earth. Places: the platform’s own pages.

Recent earthquakes
DatePlaceMagnitude
2026-10-0421 km ESE of Feke, TurkeyM5
2026-10-0422 km E of Feke, TurkeyM4.7
2026-10-0421 km SSE of Saimbeyli, TurkeyM4.7
2026-09-2420 km SW of Hilvan, TurkeyM5.1
LayerSourceLicenceStatus
Recent earthquakesUSGS earthquake catalogue (FDSN event service)Public domain (U.S. Government work); credit requestedShown

06Courses

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    Verified information during crises and internet shutdowns.

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    How humanitarian aid reaches people, and how to give through lawful, open channels.

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    Displacement and return

    Information for displaced people and for those helping them.

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APA

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Earthquakes. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/development/earthquakes/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Earthquakes.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/development/earthquakes/.

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	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	title = {Earthquakes},
	url = {https://kurds.global/development/earthquakes/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/development/earthquakes/},
}

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  1. M5.6 earthquake strikes the Zagros mountains of Iran

    Judith A. Hubbard, Kyle Edward Bradley · 2024 · Earthquake Insights

    OtherOpenAlexCrossref

  2. Co-seismic slip of the 18 April 2021 Mw 5.9 Genaveh earthquake in the South Dezful Embayment of Zagros (Iran) and its aftershock sequence

    Mohammadreza Jamalreyhani, Léa Pousse-Beltran, MirAli Hassanzadeh et al. · 2022 · Seismica

    DatasetZenodoOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  3. Kurdistan earthquake: politics creates roadblocks to relief

    Haidar Khezri · 2017 · The Conversation Media Group Ltd

    PreprintCrossrefOpenAIRE

  4. A fuzzy expert system for earthquake prediction, case study: the Zagros range

    Arash Andalib, Mehdi Zare, Farid Atry · 2016 · arXiv

    PreprintDataCitearXivOpen access

  5. Evaluating the Impacts of Earthquake in Ezgele, Kermanshah (Iran) (Occurred on 2017/11/12)

    Hamid Ganjaeian, Mojtaba Yamani, Abolghasem Gorabi et al. · 2024 · Current Research in Environmental Science and Ecology Letters

    ArticleCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

  6. Tectonic interpretation of the Raniya earthquake, Kurdistan, northern Iraq

    Jamal A. H. Doski · 2018 · Journal of Seismology

    ArticleCrossrefOpenAIRE

  7. The survey of maternal complications of Kermanshah earthquake in 2017

    Zeinab Rezaei, Zohre Sheikhan, Giti Ozgoli et al. · 2022 · Majallah-i Zanān, Māmā̓ī va Nāzā̓ī-i Īrān

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

  8. Severity of Damage Due to 2017 Kurdistan Region of Iraq-Iran border Earthquake (Halabja Earthquake)

    Wrya Abdullah, Serwan Khorsheed Rafiq, Younis M. Alshkane · 2020 · IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

    ArticleCrossrefOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-3.0

  9. The variation of radon concentration in ground sources of drinking water after the earthquake in Sarpol-e Zahab and surrounding villages, west of Iran.

    Hossaini H, Pirsaheb M, Ahmadi B et al. · 2026 · J Environ Health Sci Eng

    ArticleEurope PMC

  10. Evaluation the Emergency Response Program of Emergency Operations Command Center of the Alborz University of Medical Sciences in Response to Kermanshah Earthquake in November 2017

    Farzaneh Ahmadzadeh, Neda Mohammadi, Mehrdad Babaie · 2019 · Health in Emergencies & Disasters Quarterly

    ArticleDOAJOpen access

  11. Earthquake Forecasting with Pi Method in Zagros, Iran a New Approach

    Majid Mahood, Rahele Sadat Shiryazdi, Mohammad Yaser Radan · 2025 · Elsevier BV

    PreprintCrossref

  12. Site Effects of 21st Aban (12th Nov.) Sarpol-e Zahab-Kermanshah Earthquake; An Interim Report

    Iman Ashayeri, Mahnoosh Biglari · 2017 · Unpublished

    ArticleDataCite

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