Earthquake details

Tuesday, December 24, 2002 Earthquake

The earthquake hit Iran on Tuesday, December 24, 2002 at 17:03 UTC with a magnitude of 5.2. The closest known location in the current dataset is Sonqor (Iran - IR), about 24.8 km away. The epicenter is located at longitude 47.454 and latitude 34.594.

Magnitude	5.2
Alert	Strong
Depth	33.0 km
Coordinates	34.594, 47.454
UTC time	2002-12-24 17:03:02.940

Location	Sonqor
Country	Iran (IR)
Severity	Strong

Earthquake map 2002-12-24

Closest countries

The 12 closest cities near the epicenter.

Sonqor	24.8 km
Harsīn	37.8 km
Kahrīz	43.4 km
Kermanshah	47.4 km
Kangāvar	47.9 km
Kāmyārān	52.4 km
Asadābād	64.5 km
Qorveh	71.4 km
Nūrābād	75.0 km
Javānrūd	88.6 km
Sanandaj	90.4 km
Pasragad Branch	95.4 km

Nearby earthquakes

The latest 8 earthquakes within 100 km of this epicenter.

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Sanandaj

Iran · 2025-11-20 10:53 UTC

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M 4.3

Nahavand

Iran · 2025-10-26 16:09 UTC

90.7 km

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