Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Khandūd in Afghanistan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Khandūd in Afghanistan on Saturday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pfeg. Id of event: us7000pfeg. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 204.444 km (127 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 72.1656 East, latitude 37.3882 North, depth = 204.444 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 22/02/25 / 2025-02-22 05:16:52 / February 22, 2025 @ 5:16 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 05:16:52 / 5:16 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Khorugh, Khandūd (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days fifty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km NNW of Khandūd, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	72.1656° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	37.3882° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	204.444 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	50 km NNW of Khandūd, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-02-22 05:16:52	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-02-23 10:03:22	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	284	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	15	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.106	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.51 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	181	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000pfeg	Id of event.
Event Code	7000pfeg	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000pfeg,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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