Iran earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 75 km ENE of Q?’en, Iran

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 75 km ENE of Q?’en, Iran on Fri, Dec 7, 1979, 1:24 PM GMT+3:30 (09:54 UTC), 27 km (17 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 32 km NNE of Q?’en, Iran. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb, body-wave), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
1979-12-07 09:54:49 UTC
Depth
27.0 km (16.8 mi), shallow
Epicenter
34.037° N, 59.907° 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.ScaleComputed byNotes
4.8mb, body-waveUSGS National Earthquake Information CenterPreferred · Reviewed
5.15Mw, momentISC-GEM global catalogFinal · ±0.28

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

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Stations used
31

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 30 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.667 km NE of Q?’en, Iran · 17100 days ago · 33 km deep · 16 km away
  2. 4.278 km ENE of Q?’en, Iran · 17099 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
  3. 4.443 km E of Q?’en, Iran · 17096 days ago · 33 km deep · 37 km away
  4. 5.032 km NNE of Q?’en, Iran · 17091 days ago · 33 km deep · 54 km away
  5. 4.618 km ENE of Q?’en, Iran · 17087 days ago · 10 km deep · 56 km away
  6. 4.969 km NE of Q?’en, Iran · 17082 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  7. 4.242 km NE of Q?’en, Iran · 17078 days ago · 33 km deep · 39 km away
  8. 4.637 km NNE of Q?’en, Iran · 17046 days ago · 10 km deep · 53 km away

Before

  1. 6.067 km ENE of Q?’en, Iran · 17100 days ago · 31 km deep · 8 km away
  2. 4.248 km NE of Q?’en, Iran · 17105 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  3. 4.589 km ENE of Q?’en, Iran · 17107 days ago · 35 km deep · 14 km away
  4. 3.732 km NNE of Q?’en, Iran · 17108 days ago · 36 km deep · 51 km away
  5. 4.263 km NE of Q?’en, Iran · 17109 days ago · 10 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 4.479 km ENE of Q?’en, Iran · 17109 days ago · 10 km deep · 4 km away
  7. 4.035 km NNE of Q?’en, Iran · 17109 days ago · 10 km deep · 55 km away
  8. 4.245 km NE of Q?’en, Iran · 17109 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  9. 4.257 km NE of Q?’en, Iran · 17109 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  10. 4.781 km SW of T?yb?d, Iran · 17109 days ago · 10 km deep · 33 km away
  11. 4.418 km ENE of Q?’en, Iran · 17110 days ago · 10 km deep · 57 km away
  12. 4.369 km ENE of Q?’en, Iran · 17110 days ago · 10 km deep · 15 km away
  13. 4.446 km NE of Q?’en, Iran · 17110 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
  14. 4.637 km NE of Q?’en, Iran · 17110 days ago · 10 km deep · 41 km away
  15. 4.687 km SW of T?yb?d, Iran · 17110 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  16. 7.156 km ENE of Q?’en, Iran · 17110 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  17. 5.066 km ENE of Q?’en, Iran · 17110 days ago · 17 km deep · 9 km away
  18. 4.154 km ENE of Q?’en, Iran · 17113 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
  19. 4.355 km ENE of Q?’en, Iran · 17113 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away
  20. 3.966 km ENE of Q?’en, Iran · 17114 days ago · 10 km deep · 10 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp00014cb (also filed as iscgem653817). Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:49 AM UTC.