Tajikistan earthquakes in 1985
35 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more were located in Tajikistan in 1985. The largest: M5.8 7 km ESE of Palos, Tajikistan, Oct 13, 1985.
From the USGS catalog. Times are local to each quake.
Map
Where every quake of 1985 was located in Tajikistan. Select one for its page.
Every quake of 1985
Magnitude 4.5 and up, newest first.
- 4.99 km S of Novobod, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.842 km N of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.93 km SE of Hulbuk, Tajikistan · 21 km deep
- 5.060 km NW of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.653 km ENE of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.974 km NE of Murghob, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 5.87 km ESE of Palos, Tajikistan · 16 km deep
- 4.740 km ENE of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 49 km deep
- 4.619 km N of Novobod, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.550 km ENE of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.5103 km ENE of Murghob, Tajikistan · 10 km deep
- 4.716 km SSW of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.730 km SSW of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.577 km NE of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.680 km ENE of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.863 km WNW of Murghob, Tajikistan · 104 km deep
- 4.656 km ESE of Rasht, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.67 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.612 km ENE of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.564 km ENE of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.528 km NNE of M?’minobod, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.837 km E of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.522 km WSW of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.625 km SW of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 5.684 km NW of Murghob, Tajikistan · 104 km deep
- 4.720 km E of Murghob, Tajikistan · 144 km deep
- 4.612 km SSE of Murghob, Tajikistan · 152 km deep
- 4.6103 km W of Murghob, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.594 km SSW of Murghob, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 5.024 km SW of Karakenja, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.567 km N of Murghob, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.7Tajikistan · 188 km deep
- 5.2112 km ENE of Murghob, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.537 km NNW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.831 km WSW of Karakenja, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
The largest
The 25 largest of 1985 in Tajikistan.
- 5.87 km ESE of Palos, Tajikistan · 16 km deep
- 5.684 km NW of Murghob, Tajikistan · 104 km deep
- 5.2112 km ENE of Murghob, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 5.060 km NW of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 5.024 km SW of Karakenja, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.99 km S of Novobod, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.93 km SE of Hulbuk, Tajikistan · 21 km deep
- 4.974 km NE of Murghob, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.842 km N of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.863 km WNW of Murghob, Tajikistan · 104 km deep
- 4.837 km E of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.831 km WSW of Karakenja, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.740 km ENE of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 49 km deep
- 4.716 km SSW of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.730 km SSW of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.720 km E of Murghob, Tajikistan · 144 km deep
- 4.7Tajikistan · 188 km deep
- 4.653 km ENE of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.619 km N of Novobod, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.680 km ENE of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.656 km ESE of Rasht, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.67 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.612 km ENE of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.625 km SW of Khorugh, Tajikistan · 33 km deep
- 4.612 km SSE of Murghob, Tajikistan · 152 km deep
Month by month
Counted by UTC date, which is how the catalog files them.
| Month | Quakes | Largest | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1985 | 3 | 5.2 | 112 km ENE of Murghob, Tajikistan |
| February 1985 | 1 | 4.7 | Tajikistan |
| March 1985 | 3 | 5.0 | 24 km SW of Karakenja, Tajikistan |
| April 1985 | 4 | 5.6 | 84 km NW of Murghob, Tajikistan |
| May 1985 | 1 | 4.6 | 25 km SW of Khorugh, Tajikistan |
| June 1985 | 2 | 4.8 | 37 km E of Khorugh, Tajikistan |
| July 1985 | 3 | 4.6 | 12 km ENE of Khorugh, Tajikistan |
| August 1985 | 3 | 4.8 | 63 km WNW of Murghob, Tajikistan |
| September 1985 | 6 | 4.7 | 16 km SSW of Khorugh, Tajikistan |
| October 1985 | 5 | 5.8 | 7 km ESE of Palos, Tajikistan |
| November 1985 | 2 | 5.0 | 60 km NW of Khorugh, Tajikistan |
| December 1985 | 2 | 4.9 | 9 km S of Novobod, Tajikistan |
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.
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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.