M4.3 earthquake 45 km SE of Tabas, Iran
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 45 km SE of Tabas, Iran on Mon, Sep 25, 1978, 1:31 AM GMT+4 (21:31 UTC), 58 km (36 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.5 40 km ESE 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
- 4.3 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1978-09-24 21:31:37 UTC
- Depth
- 58.0 km (36.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 33.286° N, 57.252° 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
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 15 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.948 km SSE of Tabas, Iran · 17530 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.295 km SSE of Tabas, Iran · 17521 days ago · 33 km deep · 53 km away
- 4.540 km ESE of Tabas, Iran · 17516 days ago · 33 km deep · 13 km away
- 4.954 km ESE of Tabas, Iran · 17513 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.524 km ESE of Tabas, Iran · 17490 days ago · 36 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.654 km ESE of Tabas, Iran · 17488 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 4.614 km E of Tabas, Iran · 17487 days ago · 33 km deep · 36 km away
- 4.322 km NE of Tabas, Iran · 17471 days ago · 46 km deep · 53 km away
Before
- 4.522 km E of Tabas, Iran · 17530 days ago · 33 km deep · 32 km away
- 4.430 km S of Tabas, Iran · 17532 days ago · 37 km deep · 35 km away
- 4.351 km SSW of Tabas, Iran · 17535 days ago · 33 km deep · 57 km away
- 4.911 km N of Tabas, Iran · 17536 days ago · 33 km deep · 55 km away
- 4.735 km E of Tabas, Iran · 17537 days ago · 23 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.527 km ENE of Tabas, Iran · 17537 days ago · 33 km deep · 45 km away
- 4.231 km ENE of Tabas, Iran · 17537 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.783 km NE of Tabas, Iran · 17538 days ago · 33 km deep · 97 km away
- 5.010 km NE of Tabas, Iran · 17538 days ago · 33 km deep · 48 km away
- 4.750 km S of Tabas, Iran · 17538 days ago · 33 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.452 km E of Tabas, Iran · 17538 days ago · 33 km deep · 44 km away
- 4.922 km NE of Tabas, Iran · 17538 days ago · 33 km deep · 51 km away
- 4.833 km NNE of Tabas, Iran · 17538 days ago · 16 km deep · 67 km away
- 4.633 km NE of Tabas, Iran · 17538 days ago · 33 km deep · 56 km away
- 7.452 km ESE of Tabas, Iran · 17539 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000wq8. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 5:04 AM UTC.