M4.5 earthquake 103 km ENE of Murghob, Tajikistan
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 103 km ENE of Murghob, Tajikistan on Thu, Sep 26, 1985, 6:17 AM GMT+6 (00:17 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.2 46 km WSW of Kashgar, China. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.5 (mb), light
- Local time
- UTC
- 1985-09-26 00:17:35 UTC
- Depth
- 10.0 km (6.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 38.566° N, 75.036° E
- Region
- Tajikistan
- 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
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 12 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.246 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14964 days ago · 10 km deep · 95 km away
- 4.661 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14944 days ago · 10 km deep · 78 km away
- 4.974 km NE of Murghob, Tajikistan · 14944 days ago · 33 km deep · 42 km away
Before
- 4.652 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14973 days ago · 10 km deep · 90 km away
- 4.574 km SSW of Kashgar, China · 14978 days ago · 10 km deep · 61 km away
- 4.486 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14984 days ago · 10 km deep · 80 km away
- 4.761 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14986 days ago · 10 km deep · 88 km away
- 5.156 km W of Kashgar, China · 14986 days ago · 18 km deep · 94 km away
- 6.251 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14986 days ago · 15 km deep · 94 km away
- 4.854 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14989 days ago · 10 km deep · 85 km away
- 4.659 km W of Kashgar, China · 14989 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away
- 4.851 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14996 days ago · 25 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.771 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 14999 days ago · 10 km deep · 87 km away
- 4.672 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15000 days ago · 10 km deep · 71 km away
- 4.854 km WSW of Kashgar, China · 15001 days ago · 10 km deep · 91 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event usp0002k4e. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:22 PM UTC.