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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 51 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.4067S, 70.7492WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 51 kilometers (32 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan. The temblor was detected at 11:34:08 / 11:34 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/04/25 / 2025-04-25 11:34:08 / April 25, 2025 @ 11:34 am. Event id: us7000pv02. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pv02. Exact location of event, longitude 70.7492 East, latitude 36.4067 North, depth = 141.093 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 141.093 km (88 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Farkhār, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

Questions or comments?

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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 51 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.7492° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4067° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 141.093 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 51 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-25 11:34:08 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-17 08:34:29 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 259 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 33 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.302 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.12 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 161 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 us7000pv02 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pv02 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pv02, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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