Characteristics of Important Iranian Earthquakes In 2008

During this year, 150 earthquakes with magnitude greater than 4 occurred in Iran. Inaddition; more than 331 accelerograms were recorded by the accelerographs of the IranStrong Motion Network, operated by the Building and Housing Research Center. Amongthese, the Qeshm Island earthquake of 10th Sep. 2008, with Mw6.1 was the greatest one.The main shock of this earthquake triggered 11 accelerographs. Its maximum PGA wasabout 597 Cm/s/s that were registered by Tomban Station. The strong motion andseismological data of important accelerograms are listed in the appendix table.