Earthquake details

Sunday, October 25, 1970 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Iran on Sunday, October 25, 1970 at 11:22 UTC with a magnitude of 5.5. The closest known location in the current dataset is Piranshahr (Iran - IR), about 9.1 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 45.235 and latitude 36.734.

Magnitude 5.5
Alert Strong
Depth 10.0 km
Coordinates 36.734, 45.235
UTC time 1970-10-25 11:22:18.570
Location Piranshahr
Country Iran (IR)
Severity Strong

Earthquake map 1970-10-25

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.
M 4.0
Piranshahr
Iran · 2025-06-30 16:14 UTC
21.7 km
M 4.0
Urmia
Iran · 2025-01-09 14:01 UTC
93.4 km
M 4.2
Naghadeh
Iran · 2021-07-09 17:31 UTC
10.6 km
M 4.9
Naghadeh
Iran · 2021-07-09 15:41 UTC
14.9 km
M 4.9
Oshnavīyeh
Iran · 2020-01-29 18:07 UTC
53.3 km
M 4.4
Piranshahr
Iran · 2019-11-07 23:07 UTC
2.1 km
M 4.3
Hajiawa
Iraq · 2018-02-19 21:31 UTC
69.5 km
M 4.5
Koysinceq
Iraq · 2018-02-19 19:20 UTC
88.4 km

Stay informed

Earthquake alerts

Create targeted notifications for important seismic activity near the places you follow.

Choose the places you want to monitor.
Set a minimum magnitude for notifications.