M4.4 earthquake 30 km S of Tabas, Iran
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 30 km S of Tabas, Iran on Fri, Sep 22, 1978, 10:53 PM GMT+4 (18:53 UTC), 37 km (23 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 22 km E of Tabas, Iran. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-09-22 18:53:07 UTC
- Depth
- 37.0 km (23.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.327° N, 56.884° 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.
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.522 km E of Tabas, Iran · 17531 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.345 km SE of Tabas, Iran · 17531 days ago · 58 km deep · 35 km away
- 3.948 km SSE of Tabas, Iran · 17530 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.295 km SSE of Tabas, Iran · 17522 days ago · 33 km deep · 72 km away
- 4.540 km ESE of Tabas, Iran · 17516 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.954 km ESE of Tabas, Iran · 17513 days ago · 15 km deep · 54 km away
- 4.524 km ESE of Tabas, Iran · 17490 days ago · 36 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.654 km ESE of Tabas, Iran · 17488 days ago · 11 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.614 km E of Tabas, Iran · 17488 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
Before
- 4.351 km SSW of Tabas, Iran · 17535 days ago · 33 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.911 km N of Tabas, Iran · 17537 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
- 4.735 km E of Tabas, Iran · 17537 days ago · 23 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.527 km ENE of Tabas, Iran · 17538 days ago · 33 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.231 km ENE of Tabas, Iran · 17538 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 5.010 km NE of Tabas, Iran · 17538 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.750 km S of Tabas, Iran · 17538 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.452 km E of Tabas, Iran · 17538 days ago · 33 km deep · 65 km away
- 4.922 km NE of Tabas, Iran · 17539 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.833 km NNE of Tabas, Iran · 17539 days ago · 16 km deep · 63 km away
- 4.633 km NE of Tabas, Iran · 17539 days ago · 33 km deep · 59 km away
- 7.452 km ESE of Tabas, Iran · 17539 days ago · 33 km deep · 52 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000wp7. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 2:03 PM UTC.