M 4.1 earthquake – 64 km N of Nekā, Iran
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Local time: Dec 9, 2025 · 04:22 (UTC+3:30)
LightShallow · 10 km
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- Magnitude
- 4.1body-wave magnitude (mb)
- Depth
- 10 kmShallow earthquake
- Epicenter
- 37.224, 53.18965 km from Nekā
- Energy released
- 21 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
- 259USGS score, 0–1,000+
Not rare around here
An earthquake at least as strong struck within 300 km on Dec 3, 2025.
How strong was it?
Light earthquake. It released 21 tons of TNT, 22 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.
- 7.0 37 km E of Balkanabat, Turkmenistan Dec 6, 2000
- 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
- 6.3 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