Earthquake details

Thursday, March 7, 1974 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Iran on Thursday, March 7, 1974 at 11:36 UTC with a magnitude of 5.1. The closest known location in the current dataset is Kalāleh (Iran - IR), about 38.4 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 55.828 and latitude 37.599.

Magnitude	5.1
Alert	Strong
Depth	21.0 km
Coordinates	37.599, 55.828
UTC time	1974-03-07 11:36:02.400

Location	Kalāleh
Country	Iran (IR)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 1974-03-07

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Kalāleh	38.4 km
Gonbad-e Kāvūs	70.2 km
Āzādshahr	81.4 km
Bojnourd	133.2 km
Gorgan	148.8 km
Shahrud	151.7 km
Esfarāyen	159.8 km
Bandar-e Torkaman	173.9 km
Shīrvān	187.0 km
Dāmghān	207.0 km
Abadan	214.4 km
Behshahr	225.7 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

M 4.1

Bojnourd

Iran · 2025-12-03 21:51 UTC

59.4 km

M 4.1

Bojnourd

Iran · 2025-11-20 20:56 UTC

53.2 km

M 4.1

Gonbad-e Kāvūs

Iran · 2023-11-11 20:16 UTC

72.1 km

M 4.3

Āzādshahr

Iran · 2023-11-04 14:07 UTC

97.6 km

M 4.4

Bojnourd

Iran · 2023-09-29 12:25 UTC

87.9 km

M 4.1

Bojnourd

Iran · 2023-06-03 09:23 UTC

81.2 km

M 4.0

Bojnourd

Iran · 2022-07-27 15:02 UTC

68.3 km

M 4.3

Bojnourd

Iran · 2022-05-03 02:26 UTC

69.1 km

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