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Afghanistan earthquakes in 1985

104 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Afghanistan in 1985. The largest: M7.4 75 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan, Jul 29, 1985.

From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.

19841986

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Where every quake of 1985 was located in Afghanistan. Select one for its page.

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Every quake of 1985

Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.

  1. 4.633 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 212 km deep
  2. 4.864 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 121 km deep
  3. 4.860 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 50 km deep
  4. 4.570 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 119 km deep
  5. 4.559 km SSE of Farkh?r, Afghanistan · 148 km deep
  6. 4.612 km WSW of Nahr?n, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  7. 4.7Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan · 188 km deep
  8. 4.741 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  9. 5.032 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 57 km deep
  10. 4.740 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 92 km deep
  11. 4.848 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan · 155 km deep
  12. 4.715 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  13. 4.636 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 218 km deep
  14. 4.637 km WNW of Khand?d, Afghanistan · 160 km deep
  15. 4.529 km NE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  16. 4.568 km ESE of Qal?t, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  17. 4.757 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 155 km deep
  18. 4.7Afghanistan-Tajikistan-Pakistan region · 76 km deep
  19. 4.730 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 67 km deep
  20. 4.550 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan · 189 km deep
  21. 4.536 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 190 km deep
  22. 4.520 km NW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 53 km deep
  23. 4.919 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 80 km deep
  24. 5.421 km SSE of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 80 km deep
  25. 4.827 km ESE of Farkh?r, Afghanistan · 217 km deep
  26. 5.1Afghanistan-Tajikistan-Pakistan region · 81 km deep
  27. 4.558 km NNE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  28. 4.519 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  29. 4.557 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 131 km deep
  30. 4.740 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 191 km deep
  31. 4.713 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  32. 4.532 km NW of Khand?d, Afghanistan · 129 km deep
  33. 4.552 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 81 km deep
  34. 5.064 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 53 km deep
  35. 5.267 km N of P?r?n, Afghanistan · 81 km deep
  36. 4.827 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  37. 5.063 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 112 km deep
  38. 4.633 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  39. 4.570 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 105 km deep
  40. 4.864 km N of P?r?n, Afghanistan · 85 km deep
  41. 4.725 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  42. 5.273 km SSE of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 52 km deep
  43. 4.538 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 85 km deep
  44. 4.566 km N of P?r?n, Afghanistan · 115 km deep
  45. 4.622 km SE of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 94 km deep
  46. 5.164 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 66 km deep
  47. 4.532 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  48. 4.530 km ESE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  49. 4.677 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 145 km deep
  50. 4.664 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan · 133 km deep
  51. 4.733 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  52. 5.074 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 95 km deep
  53. 5.175 km N of P?r?n, Afghanistan · 102 km deep
  54. 4.548 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  55. 6.476 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan · 120 km deep
  56. 4.862 km N of P?r?n, Afghanistan · 91 km deep
  57. 4.751 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 109 km deep
  58. 5.061 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 73 km deep
  59. 4.551 km NW of P?r?n, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  60. 4.519 km ENE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  61. 4.550 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 57 km deep
  62. 4.547 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 69 km deep
  63. 4.859 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 70 km deep
  64. 4.645 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 79 km deep
  65. 5.055 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 97 km deep
  66. 4.622 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 80 km deep
  67. 4.759 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 95 km deep
  68. 4.647 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 83 km deep
  69. 4.954 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 79 km deep
  70. 4.653 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 99 km deep
  71. 5.151 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 87 km deep
  72. 5.154 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 86 km deep
  73. 5.064 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 83 km deep
  74. 4.641 km WSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 70 km deep
  75. 4.551 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 94 km deep
  76. 5.258 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 98 km deep
  77. 7.475 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan · 99 km deep
  78. 5.042 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan · 180 km deep
  79. 4.930 km ENE of Farkh?r, Afghanistan · 191 km deep
  80. 4.514 km NW of Fayzabad, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  81. 4.750 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan · 190 km deep
  82. 4.925 km ESE of Farkh?r, Afghanistan · 220 km deep
  83. 4.641 km ENE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 51 km deep
  84. 5.237 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 118 km deep
  85. 4.841 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan · 211 km deep
  86. 4.860 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 99 km deep
  87. 5.015 km ESE of Pul-e Khumr?, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  88. 4.513 km WSW of Farkh?r, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  89. 4.957 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan · 212 km deep
  90. 4.676 km NE of B?z?rak, Afghanistan · 101 km deep
  91. 4.827 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  92. 4.865 km NNW of P?r?n, Afghanistan · 98 km deep
  93. 4.764 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 55 km deep
  94. 4.625 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 206 km deep
  95. 4.542 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 85 km deep
  96. 5.157 km N of P?r?n, Afghanistan · 94 km deep
  97. 4.618 km SW of Fayzabad, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  98. 4.648 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 97 km deep
  99. 4.628 km NNE of Khand?d, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  100. 4.848 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan · 189 km deep
  101. 4.659 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan · 200 km deep
  102. 4.876 km SSE of Farkh?r, Afghanistan · 111 km deep
  103. 4.828 km E of B?z?rak, Afghanistan · 45 km deep
  104. 4.742 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 80 km deep

The largest

The 25 largest of 1985 in Afghanistan.

  1. 7.475 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan · 99 km deep
  2. 6.476 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan · 120 km deep
  3. 5.421 km SSE of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 80 km deep
  4. 5.267 km N of P?r?n, Afghanistan · 81 km deep
  5. 5.273 km SSE of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 52 km deep
  6. 5.258 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 98 km deep
  7. 5.237 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 118 km deep
  8. 5.1Afghanistan-Tajikistan-Pakistan region · 81 km deep
  9. 5.164 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 66 km deep
  10. 5.175 km N of P?r?n, Afghanistan · 102 km deep
  11. 5.151 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 87 km deep
  12. 5.154 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 86 km deep
  13. 5.157 km N of P?r?n, Afghanistan · 94 km deep
  14. 5.032 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 57 km deep
  15. 5.064 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 53 km deep
  16. 5.063 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 112 km deep
  17. 5.074 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 95 km deep
  18. 5.061 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 73 km deep
  19. 5.055 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 97 km deep
  20. 5.064 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 83 km deep
  21. 5.042 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan · 180 km deep
  22. 5.015 km ESE of Pul-e Khumr?, Afghanistan · 33 km deep
  23. 4.919 km S of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 80 km deep
  24. 4.954 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan · 79 km deep
  25. 4.930 km ENE of Farkh?r, Afghanistan · 191 km deep

Month by month

Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.

MonthQuakesLargestWhere
January 198564.848 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan
February 198535.157 km N of P?r?n, Afghanistan
March 198544.865 km NNW of P?r?n, Afghanistan
April 198534.957 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan
May 198555.237 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan
June 198514.641 km ENE of Jurm, Afghanistan
July 1985247.475 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan
August 1985226.476 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan
September 1985115.267 km N of P?r?n, Afghanistan
October 198595.421 km SSE of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan
November 198585.032 km SSW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan
December 198584.864 km SW of Ashk?sham, Afghanistan

What this means

The catalog is only as complete as the instruments of the time. Worldwide coverage of magnitude 5 and up dates from the 1960s, and of 4.5 from the 1990s; earlier years hold the large quakes and the ones near a station, so a low count in an early year means fewer instruments, not a quiet earth.

By year

Every year the USGS catalog covers.

Nearby

Afghanistan nowWorldwide in 1985

Sources

Earthquakes, magnitudes, depths, shaking estimates and felt reports from the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program, read from its live feeds and its catalog back to 1900. Tsunami messages from NOAA’s tsunami warning centers.