The 2010 Hosseinabad earthquake occurred on December 20, 2010 at 22:11 local time (18:41 UTC). It was a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that was located about 20 km from Hosseinabad (spelled variously as Ḩoseynābād or Hosein Abad) (Persian: حسين آباد), Kermān Province in south-eastern Iran, about 100 km from Bam.[3]