M4.8 earthquake 28 km NE of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 28 km NE of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran on Thu, Jan 18, 1979, 4:51 AM GMT+3:30 (01:21 UTC), 33 km (21 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 38 km NE of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (ms), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1979-01-18 01:21:46 UTC
- Depth
- 33.0 km (20.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 26.440° N, 60.941° 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
- 54
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.723 km E of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran · 17413 days ago · 20 km deep · 19 km away
- 4.337 km E of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran · 17411 days ago · 10 km deep · 34 km away
- 4.651 km ENE of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran · 17401 days ago · 33 km deep · 33 km away
- 4.43 km WSW of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran · 17375 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.938 km NE of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran · 17356 days ago · 33 km deep · 10 km away
Before
- 4.840 km ENE of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran · 17420 days ago · 33 km deep · 23 km away
- 4.824 km ENE of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran · 17421 days ago · 33 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.939 km NE of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran · 17422 days ago · 33 km deep · 11 km away
- 5.843 km NNE of Qa?r-e Qand, Iran · 17422 days ago · 33 km deep · 19 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0000yfu (also filed as iscgem671148). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:51 AM UTC.