A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan. Exact location of earthquake, 71.148° East, 36.664° North, depth 233.7 km. Unique identifier: us7000pydu. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pydu. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 233.7 km (145 miles). The temblor was detected at 05:08:01 / 5:08 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/05/25 / 2025-05-10 05:08:01 / May 10, 2025 @ 5:08 am.
Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Jurm (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 71 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 36 km (22 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 34 km W of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan.
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