what is the location of the region where the earthquake happened?
The Strait of Hormuz, Iran
Qeshm Island
Qeshm (, ) is an arrow-shaped Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz,
what was the scale of 2005 qeshm earthquake? 5.8 where did it occur? Qeshm Island off Southern Iran any casualties because of it? 13 People were killed describe in few words the damage it caused? In Zirang, a village on Qeshm, 80 percent of the buildings were demolished. Seven villages experienced extensive damage, and 13 villages were destroyed what is the terminology for the scale which measures the intensity of an earthquake? Moment magnitude scale is there any short definition for it? It is a measure of an earthquake's magnitude based on its seismic moment (a measure of the work done by the earthquake) is there any theory on it? Yes. Dislocation theory is used to determine part of an earthquake's focal mechanism and to show that a dislocation was indeed equivalent to a double couple who proposed such a theory? Vito Volterra who is he? UNANSWERABLE what are some of the parameters in relation to the moment magnitude scale? UNANSWERABLE
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Qeshm Island [SEP] Introduction
Qeshm (, ) is an arrow-shaped Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz, separated from the mainland by the Clarence Strait/Khuran in the Persian Gulf (). It is the largest island in Iran.