M4.9 earthquake 52 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan
A magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck 52 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan on Tue, Apr 21, 1981, 1:07 PM GMT+4:30 (08:37 UTC), 207 km (129 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 49 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.9 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-04-21 08:37:06 UTC
- Depth
- 207.0 km (128.6 mi), intermediate-depth
- Epicenter
- 36.411° N, 70.675° E
- Region
- Afghanistan
- 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
- CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.9 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.730 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 16590 days ago · 226 km deep · 52 km away
- 5.249 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan · 16583 days ago · 197 km deep · 20 km away
- 6.354 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 16579 days ago · 229 km deep · 37 km away
- 4.647 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan · 16543 days ago · 209 km deep · 20 km away
Before
- 4.475 km N of P?r?n, Afghanistan · 16594 days ago · 142 km deep · 50 km away
- 4.413 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 16602 days ago · 187 km deep · 73 km away
- 4.242 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan · 16611 days ago · 191 km deep · 17 km away
- 4.034 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 16612 days ago · 204 km deep · 40 km away
- 4.936 km ESE of Farkh?r, Afghanistan · 16620 days ago · 222 km deep · 39 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0001d98. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 9:30 PM UTC.