strong ground motion from the november 12, 2017 mw 7.3 sarpol-e zahab earthquake: analysis of source and site condition

On november 12, 2017 at 18:18:16 utc, a strong earthquake with seismic waves felt to a distance of 2000 km caused extensive damage in the western part of iran. the iranian seismological center reported this event with a moment magnitude (mw) of 7.3 and depth of 18.1 km with epicentre close to the iran-iraq border. this large earthquake devastated cities within the epicentral area with the most damage reported from the cities of sarpol-e zahab and qasr-e shirin (zareet al., 2017).