The damage areas of the sequence of earthquakes that affected the Quchan area between 1851 and 1895 follow the projected path of the Quchan fault and its likely continuation as a thrust fault in the Atrak valley, where it forms a surface anticline.

The Imamzadeh of Sultan Ibrahim, which survived the earlier earthquake with some damage, collapsed completely.

600 people were trapped in a mosque that collapsed and a similar number were killed in public baths.

[1] Initial attempts to move Quchan to a new location following the earthquake caused rioting.

Only after the governor was replaced was the town moved about 10 km to the east, although some families refused to leave their farms and rebuilt their houses in the old location.