M5.1 earthquake 101 km N of M?n?b, Iran
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck 101 km N of M?n?b, Iran on Thu, Feb 23, 1978, 12:17 AM GMT+4 (20:17 UTC), 23 km (14 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 104 km N of M?n?b, Iran. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1 (mb), moderate
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-02-22 20:17:57 UTC
- Depth
- 23.0 km (14.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 28.028° N, 56.896° 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.
- Depth from
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
- Stations used
- 151
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.1 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.2104 km N of M?n?b, Iran · 17742 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.625 km NNE of Bandar Abbas, Iran · 17737 days ago · 33 km deep · 86 km away
- 4.539 km NNW of Bandar Abbas, Iran · 17695 days ago · 40 km deep · 89 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000t3k (also filed as iscgem686864). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:02 AM UTC.