M5.5 earthquake 6 km NNE of Salm?s, Iran
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck 6 km NNE of Salm?s, Iran on Tue, May 6, 1930, 10:29 AM GMT+3:25:44 (07:03 UTC), 15 km (9 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M7.1 10 km SSW of Salm?s, Iran. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.5 (Mw, moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- ISC-GEM global catalog
- Local time
- UTC
- 1930-05-06 07:03:26 UTC
- Depth
- 15.0 km (9.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.252° N, 44.797° E
- Region
- Iran
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 7.110 km SSW of Salm?s, Iran · 35212 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
- 5.017 km ENE of Khowy, Iran · 35211 days ago · 15 km deep · 50 km away
- 5.316 km E of Khowy, Iran · 35211 days ago · 15 km deep · 45 km away
- 5.316 km ENE of Khowy, Iran · 35211 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
- 6.213 km SE of Khowy, Iran · 35210 days ago · 15 km deep · 32 km away
- 5.219 km ENE of Salm?s, Iran · 35210 days ago · 15 km deep · 16 km away
- 5.25 km WSW of Salm?s, Iran · 35208 days ago · 15 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.534 km ESE of Salm?s, Iran · 35195 days ago · 15 km deep · 36 km away
- 5.717 km NNW of Salm?s, Iran · 35189 days ago · 15 km deep · 15 km away
- 5.629 km SE of Khowy, Iran · 35184 days ago · 15 km deep · 33 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem907353. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 6:59 PM UTC.