The 2014 Murmuri earthquake occurred on August 18 in the Zagros Mountains of Iran with a moment magnitude of 6.2 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe).

The thrust earthquake injured 60–330 people and was followed by a number of high intensity aftershocks.

The area had not seen a large seismic event since developments in Earth observation satellites allowed scientists to more precisely study earthquakes.

[2] Observations made using Interferometric synthetic aperture radar imply that different faults were ruptured by the mainshock and the largest aftershock, each leading to different surface deformations.

Just over six hours later, a 6.0 Mw  and intensity VIII (Severe) shock occurred.