Afghanistan earthquakes

M4.8 earthquake 48 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan

A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 48 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan on Fri, Nov 22, 1985, 3:07 PM GMT+4:30 (10:37 UTC), 155 km (96 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M5.0 32 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.8 (mb), light
Local time
UTC
1985-11-22 10:37:15 UTC
Depth
154.5 km (96.0 mi), intermediate-depth
Epicenter
36.425° N, 70.803° E
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

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

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 16 in the 60 days after this one and 8 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.740 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14910 days ago · 92 km deep · 35 km away
  2. 5.032 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14907 days ago · 57 km deep · 54 km away
  3. 4.741 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14905 days ago · 33 km deep · 30 km away
  4. 4.7Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan · 14900 days ago · 188 km deep · 22 km away
  5. 4.842 km N of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan · 14898 days ago · 33 km deep · 99 km away
  6. 4.225 km SE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 14892 days ago · 175 km deep · 34 km away
  7. 4.559 km SSE of Farkh?r, Afghanistan · 14892 days ago · 148 km deep · 64 km away
  8. 4.570 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14891 days ago · 119 km deep · 34 km away
  9. 4.860 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 14884 days ago · 50 km deep · 20 km away
  10. 4.864 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14883 days ago · 121 km deep · 31 km away
  11. 4.633 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 14881 days ago · 212 km deep · 19 km away
  12. 4.263 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14880 days ago · 66 km deep · 22 km away
  13. 4.934 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14867 days ago · 33 km deep · 47 km away
  14. 4.354 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14865 days ago · 204 km deep · 24 km away
  15. 5.559 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14861 days ago · 245 km deep · 22 km away
  16. 4.166 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan · 14857 days ago · 33 km deep · 20 km away

Before

  1. 3.873 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan · 14914 days ago · 238 km deep · 29 km away
  2. 4.715 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14918 days ago · 33 km deep · 60 km away
  3. 4.237 km SSE of Farkh?r, Afghanistan · 14919 days ago · 33 km deep · 68 km away
  4. 4.636 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14925 days ago · 218 km deep · 35 km away
  5. 4.529 km NE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 14931 days ago · 33 km deep · 73 km away
  6. 4.757 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 14940 days ago · 155 km deep · 20 km away
  7. 4.7Afghanistan-Tajikistan-Pakistan region · 14940 days ago · 76 km deep · 38 km away
  8. 4.730 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14944 days ago · 67 km deep · 62 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002n2c. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:16 AM UTC.