Iran earthquakes

M5.0 earthquake 66 km ENE of Q?’en, Iran

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake struck 66 km ENE of Q?’en, Iran on Fri, Nov 23, 1979, 9:52 PM GMT+3:30 (18:22 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M7.1 56 km ENE of Q?’en, Iran. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude: 5.0 (mb, body-wave), moderate
Magnitude from: USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time: Fri, Nov 23, 1979, 9:52 PM GMT+3:30
UTC: 1979-11-23 18:22:48 UTC
Depth: 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
Epicenter: 33.985° N, 59.833° E
Region: Iran
Tsunami flag: No
Status: Reviewed by a seismologist

Magnitude estimates

Different scales measure different things and differ by a few tenths. The USGS marks one as preferred, and it is the one this page uses.

Mag.	Scale	Computed by	Notes
5.0	mb, body-wave	USGS National Earthquake Information Center	Preferred · Reviewed
5.41	Mw, moment	ISCGEMSUP	Final · ±0.2

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Depth from: OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
Stations used: 91

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Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 2.0 and up: 28 in the 60 days after this one and 9 in the 30 days before it.

After

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Sources

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp000145b (also filed as iscgem656059, iscgemsup656059). Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 11:42 PM UTC.