M4.8 earthquake 21 km SE of Rust?q, Afghanistan
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 21 km SE of Rust?q, Afghanistan on Wed, Jul 26, 1978, 5:11 AM GMT+4:30 (00:41 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-07-26 00:41:01 UTC
- Depth
- 46.0 km (28.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.969° N, 69.970° E
- Region
- Afghanistan
- 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.
- Stations used
- 40
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.820 km S of Rust?q, Afghanistan · 17589 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.210 km S of ?rt Khw?jah, Afghanistan · 17573 days ago · 33 km deep · 43 km away
- 4.054 km SW of Jurm, Afghanistan · 17557 days ago · 204 km deep · 72 km away
- 3.461 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan · 17542 days ago · 277 km deep · 98 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000vsc (also filed as iscgemsup679937). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:50 AM UTC.