M4.8 earthquake 15 km E of Bandar Abbas, Iran

Magnitude

4.8 (mb, body-wave), light

Magnitude from

USGS National Earthquake Information Center

Local time

Sun, Apr 17, 1977, 5:34 PM GMT+4:30

UTC

1977-04-17 13:04:44 UTC

Depth

33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow

Epicenter

27.208° N, 56.437° E

Region

Iran

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Depth from

OPERATOR_ASSIGNED

Stations used

11

• Bandar Abbas, IranPopulation 352,173. Forecast16 kmE
• Sharjah, United Arab EmiratesPopulation 1,800,000. Forecast232 kmNNE

After

1. 4.248 km NNE of Bandar Abbas, IranSun, Apr 17, 9:45 PM GMT+4:30 · 18065 days ago · 60 km deep · 43 km away
2. 5.050 km NNE of Bandar Abbas, IranSat, Apr 30, 7:05 PM GMT+4:30 · 18052 days ago · 38 km deep · 44 km away
3. 4.277 km N of Bandar Abbas, IranSat, Apr 30, 8:44 PM GMT+4:30 · 18052 days ago · 73 km deep · 77 km away
4. 4.830 km ENE of Bandar Abbas, IranFri, May 20, 10:07 PM GMT+4:30 · 18032 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
5. 4.882 km W of Bandar Abbas, IranTue, May 24, 5:13 PM GMT+4:30 · 18028 days ago · 45 km deep · 98 km away
6. 4.779 km W of Qeshm, IranTue, May 24, 5:29 PM GMT+4:30 · 18028 days ago · 27 km deep · 96 km away
7. 4.858 km NNE of Bandar Abbas, IranFri, May 27, 3:09 AM GMT+4:30 · 18026 days ago · 39 km deep · 51 km away

Before

1. 4.634 km E of Bandar Abbas, IranSun, Apr 17, 8:17 AM GMT+4:30 · 18065 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
2. 4.834 km NNW of Bandar Abbas, IranMon, Apr 11, 7:40 AM GMT+4:30 · 18072 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
3. 4.537 km NNW of Bandar Abbas, IranSun, Apr 10, 9:32 AM GMT+4:30 · 18072 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
4. 4.729 km N of Bandar Abbas, IranFri, Apr 8, 9:19 PM GMT+4:30 · 18074 days ago · 22 km deep · 31 km away
5. 4.985 km N of M?n?b, IranThu, Apr 7, 8:04 AM GMT+4:30 · 18075 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
6. 4.857 km N of Bandar Abbas, IranSat, Apr 2, 11:23 AM GMT+4:30 · 18080 days ago · 33 km deep · 61 km away
7. 5.128 km ENE of Bandar Abbas, IranSat, Apr 2, 1:13 AM GMT+4:30 · 18081 days ago · 33 km deep · 14 km away
8. 4.945 km N of Bandar Abbas, IranFri, Apr 1, 8:30 PM GMT+4:30 · 18081 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
9. 6.240 km N of Bandar Abbas, IranFri, Apr 1, 6:06 PM GMT+4:30 · 18081 days ago · 29 km deep · 39 km away
10. 4.815 km NNE of Bandar Abbas, IranFri, Apr 1, 11:29 AM GMT+4:30 · 18081 days ago · 12 km deep · 14 km away
11. 4.744 km N of Bandar Abbas, IranThu, Mar 31, 11:41 PM GMT+4:30 · 18082 days ago · 52 km deep · 44 km away
12. 4.762 km NNE of Bandar Abbas, IranThu, Mar 31, 6:06 PM GMT+4:30 · 18082 days ago · 62 km deep · 55 km away
13. 4.664 km NNE of Bandar Abbas, IranThu, Mar 31, 2:36 PM GMT+4:30 · 18082 days ago · 63 km deep · 58 km away
14. 4.448 km NNE of Bandar Abbas, IranWed, Mar 30, 12:59 PM GMT+4:30 · 18083 days ago · 43 km deep · 41 km away
15. 4.641 km NNE of Bandar Abbas, IranWed, Mar 30, 3:55 AM GMT+4:30 · 18084 days ago · 54 km deep · 33 km away
16. 5.247 km NNE of Bandar Abbas, IranWed, Mar 30, 2:59 AM GMT+4:30 · 18084 days ago · 35 km deep · 43 km away
17. 4.952 km NNE of Bandar Abbas, IranMon, Mar 28, 9:24 AM GMT+4:30 · 18085 days ago · 49 km deep · 44 km away
18. 4.958 km NNE of Bandar Abbas, IranMon, Mar 28, 8:39 AM GMT+4:30 · 18085 days ago · 55 km deep · 53 km away
19. 4.924 km NNW of Bandar Abbas, IranSat, Mar 26, 6:57 PM GMT+4:30 · 18087 days ago · 34 km deep · 32 km away
20. 4.9southern IranSat, Mar 26, 5:02 AM GMT+4:30 · 18088 days ago · 47 km deep · 43 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000ner. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 2:55 PM UTC.