Research Article
Urban Vulnerability Assessment Using AHP
Table 3
Major earthquakes in Qazvin.
| Earthquake year (A.D.) | Magnitude of earthquake according to Richter scale | Level of damage |
| 864 | 5.2 | Happened in Rey and sensed strongly in Qazvin | 958 | 7.7 | Happened in Taleghan and sensed up to almost 400 km from the zero point of the earthquake | 1119 | 6.5 | Happened in Qazvin city, killed many and caused great destruction | 1226 | 7.2 | Happened in the region between Ray to Qazvin, destroyed this region and killed many souls | 1608 | 7.6 | Destroyed the area of Alamoot and Taleghan | 1808 | 5.9 | Destroyed the whole west arena of Mazandaran and Taleghan and also some buildings in Qazvin city | 1901 | 5.4 | Happened in Qazvin region | 1962 | 7.2 | Destroyed the Boein-Zahra region in the south-side of Qazvin | 1990 | 7.7 | It shook a vast area in the west part of Alborz and caused full destruction of Roodbar, Manjil, Loshan, and about 300 villages |
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