M 4.0 earthquake – 29 km NNE of Jūybār, Iran
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Local time: Feb 20, 2026 · 12:23 (UTC+3:30)
LightShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 4.0body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 36.867, 53.09030 km from Jūybār
- Energy released
- 15 tons of TNTless than one Hiroshima bomb
- Felt reports
- —"Did You Feel It?" responses
- Shaking intensity
- —not estimated
- Aftershocks
- 0M2.5+ within 30 km
- Significance
- 246USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Dec 9, 2025.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 15 tons of TNT, 32 times less than a magnitude 5.0. Bars use the magnitude scale: every step is about 32 times more energy.
The strongest earthquakes within 300 km
Since 1900, around Iran.
- 6.6 21 km WNW of Zīr Āb, Iran Jul 2, 1957
- 6.6 104 km SSE of Dāmghān, Iran Feb 12, 1953
- 6.4 14 km SE of Behshahr, Iran Apr 11, 1935
- 6.4 52 km NE of Kalāleh, Iran Jul 30, 1970
- 6.4 132 km SSE of Semnan, Iran Jul 22, 1927
- 6.3 41 km SSE of Nowshahr, Iran May 28, 2004
- 6.3 24 km S of Fāẕelābād, Iran Oct 29, 1985
- 6.0 36 km E of Soleh Bon, Iran Jan 20, 1990