M4.8 earthquake 60 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck 60 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan on Sun, Dec 22, 1985, 6:32 AM GMT+4:30 (02:02 UTC), 50 km (31 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M4.9 34 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.8 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-12-22 02:02:17 UTC
- Depth
- 49.7 km (30.9 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.331° N, 70.992° 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
- FROM_LOCATION
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.8 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 4.864 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14883 days ago · 121 km deep · 12 km away
- 4.633 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 14881 days ago · 212 km deep · 28 km away
- 4.263 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14880 days ago · 66 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.934 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14867 days ago · 33 km deep · 31 km away
- 4.354 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14865 days ago · 204 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.559 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14861 days ago · 245 km deep · 3 km away
- 4.166 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan · 14857 days ago · 33 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.632 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14845 days ago · 79 km deep · 47 km away
- 4.759 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan · 14841 days ago · 33 km deep · 5 km away
- 4.850 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan · 14840 days ago · 203 km deep · 29 km away
- 4.855 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14838 days ago · 212 km deep · 6 km away
- 4.724 km ESE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 14838 days ago · 33 km deep · 49 km away
- 4.955 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan · 14833 days ago · 119 km deep · 9 km away
- 4.740 km ESE of Farkh?r, Afghanistan · 14827 days ago · 178 km deep · 64 km away
- 5.032 km W of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14827 days ago · 33 km deep · 40 km away
Before
- 4.570 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14891 days ago · 119 km deep · 16 km away
- 4.559 km SSE of Farkh?r, Afghanistan · 14892 days ago · 148 km deep · 74 km away
- 4.225 km SE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 14892 days ago · 175 km deep · 39 km away
- 4.842 km N of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan · 14897 days ago · 33 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.7Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan · 14900 days ago · 188 km deep · 26 km away
- 4.741 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14905 days ago · 33 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.032 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14907 days ago · 57 km deep · 38 km away
- 4.740 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 14910 days ago · 92 km deep · 22 km away
- 4.848 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan · 14914 days ago · 155 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.873 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan · 14914 days ago · 238 km deep · 39 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002p77. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:18 AM UTC.