M4.8 earthquake 24 km ENE of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 24 km ENE of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran on Thu, Jan 11, 1979, 7:03 AM GMT+3:30 (03:33 UTC), 33 km (21 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
- 1979-01-11 03:33:15 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 26.371° N, 60.958° 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.
- Depth from
- OPERATOR_ASSIGNED
- Stations used
- 45
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.840 km ENE of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran · 17420 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.828 km NE of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran · 17414 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 4.723 km E of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran · 17413 days ago · 20 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.337 km E of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran · 17411 days ago · 10 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.651 km ENE of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran · 17401 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
- 4.43 km WSW of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran · 17375 days ago · 33 km deep · 28 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000ycp (also filed as iscgem670892). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:14 AM UTC.