Iran — Natural Disaster Report
Asia · Live status: Normal (0 active events)
Current situation: No active natural disaster events are currently tracked for Iran by our monitored sources. This does not guarantee absence of hazards — always follow local authorities.
Iran is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world, sitting on the collision zone between the Arabian and Eurasian plates with active faults running through the Zagros and Alborz mountains and across the interior. The 2003 Bam earthquake destroyed an ancient citadel city and killed more than 26,000 people, most of them in traditional adobe buildings that offered no resistance to shaking. The 1990 Manjil-Rudbar earthquake killed tens of thousands. Away from seismic risk, much of Iran is arid or semi-arid and faces long-running drought, groundwater depletion and land subsidence, while intense rainfall on dry ground produces destructive flash floods, as in the widespread floods of 2019. Dust storms affect the southwest.
Live map — Iran
Loading live data… · Marker positions are approximate; severity is labelled in each popup. Sources: USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, NOAA/NWS, EMSC.
Active alerts & recent events
Latest earthquakes
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By hazard in Iran
Each of these has its own page: recent activity, the season it happens in, past events and what to do.
Risk profile
Earthquakes year-round nationwide. Flash floods in spring, especially March-April. Drought and water scarcity as a long-term condition. Extreme summer heat in the south and southwest. Dust storms, spring and summer.
Official emergency authorities
Disaster displacement in Iran
4,491 internal displacements
Largest single event: 4,484 from flood, beginning 15 December 2025.
A displacement is a movement, not a person: somebody forced from home more than once in a year is counted more than once. These are movements caused by disasters only — displacement caused by conflict is counted separately and is not included here.
| Hazard | Displacements in 2025 |
|---|---|
| Flood | 4,491 |
| Year | Displacements |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,491 |
| 2024 | 26,295 |
Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC), Global Internal Displacement Database. IDMC publishes annually, so the latest year here is the latest they have finalised — not the current one.
River flood forecast — Iran
No chance of exceeding even its 2-year flood flow in this forecast.
GloFAS alert level: Inactive · Peak expected: in 11-14 days (on 2026-11-02) · forecast of 19 Oct 2026
GloFAS forecasts are computer model output, published for information only. They are not a flood warning: only national and regional authorities issue flood warnings for their own area. A reporting point is a place on the model's river network, which may sit a few kilometres from the town it is named after. All 259 rivers →
What this site sees in Iran
| Source | Events here, last 12 months | What it will not tell you |
|---|---|---|
| US Geological Survey | 9 | Global for earthquakes above roughly M4.5, and denser where there are more seismometers. It publishes nothing about any other hazard. |
| European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre | 7 | Global for earthquakes, with the best coverage in Europe and the Mediterranean. It publishes nothing about any other hazard. |
| NASA FIRMS | 4 | Global, but it sees only what the satellite saw on its pass, and thick cloud hides fire. A quiet day here is not evidence that nothing burned. |
| GDACS (European Commission / United Nations) | none | Global, but deliberately selective: it alerts on disasters likely to need INTERNATIONAL response. Serious local flooding that a national agency handles alone will not appear here. |
| NASA EONET | none | Global and curated rather than automatic, so it is slower than the raw feeds and carries far fewer events. |
| WMO Alert Hub (national weather services) | none | Each warning comes from one country own alerting authority, so the scale is that agency scale and is not comparable between countries. Many agencies publish no coordinates, and those warnings are placed at the centre of the country rather than where the weather is - the area name is the real answer. |
| MeteoAlarm (EUMETNET) | none | Europe only. It publishes no coordinates at all, so every warning here is placed at the centre of its country and the area name is the only reliable indication of where it applies. |
| NOAA Tsunami Warning Centers | none | These two centres warn for the US and Canadian coasts and for the Pacific and Caribbean basins. The Indian Ocean and Mediterranean have their own warning centres, which are not read here. Their routine information statements - the ones that say there is NO tsunami danger - are deliberately not imported, so an empty tsunami list means no threat was issued, not that nothing was checked. |
| NOAA National Hurricane Center | none | The Atlantic and the eastern and central Pacific only. No typhoon in the western Pacific and no cyclone in the Indian Ocean or the southern hemisphere appears here; those come from GDACS and from national services. |
| ReliefWeb (UN OCHA) | none | Global, but it reports on humanitarian RESPONSE. It arrives days after an event rather than during it, and never functions as a warning. |
Not applicable here: US National Weather Service — Covers the United States only. It publishes nothing about any other country, so its absence from a country page is not an outage. ; USGS Volcano Hazards Program — United States volcanoes only - Alaska, Hawaii, the Cascades, Yellowstone, California and the Northern Mariana Islands. It says nothing about Indonesia, Iceland, Italy or anywhere else, so its silence about a foreign eruption is not a judgement about that eruption.
Major historical disasters — Iran
| Event | Type | Date | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 Bam Earthquake | Earthquake | Dec 26, 2003 | 26,271 |
Frequently asked questions
What natural disasters are currently active in Iran?
No active natural disaster events are currently being tracked for Iran by our monitored data sources. Conditions can change quickly — check official local authorities for definitive guidance.
What natural hazards does Iran face?
Iran is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world, sitting on the collision zone between the Arabian and Eurasian plates with active faults running through the Zagros and Alborz mountains and across the interior. The 2003 Bam earthquake destroyed an ancient citadel city and killed more than 26,000 people, most of them in traditional adobe buildings that offered no resistance to shaking.
When is the main natural disaster season in Iran?
Earthquakes year-round nationwide. Flash floods in spring, especially March-April. Drought and water scarcity as a long-term condition. Extreme summer heat in the south and southwest. Dust storms, spring and summer. Seasons shift from year to year; treat these as the usual pattern, not a forecast.
Which official agency issues disaster warnings in Iran?
Official warnings for Iran are issued by Iran Meteorological Organization. The link is on this page. This site aggregates and reports; it does not issue warnings, and in an emergency the national agency is the authority.
What is the deadliest recorded natural disaster in Iran?
Of the events documented on this site, the deadliest in Iran is the 2003 Bam Earthquake (2003), with around 26,271 deaths. Official figure; some estimates up to 43,000. This is drawn from documented records held here and is not a complete historical archive.
Where does this disaster data for Iran come from?
Data is aggregated from official sources including USGS, GDACS (EC/UN), NASA EONET, ReliefWeb and national agencies. Every event links to its original source, and update times are shown on each record.
Data sources: USGS, GDACS (EC/UN), NASA EONET, NOAA/NWS, EMSC, ReliefWeb (UN OCHA). See data sources & attribution and methodology. This page does not replace official emergency guidance.