A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Khandūd in Afghanistan on Thursday. Unique identifier: us7000q0z5. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000q0z5. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:51:20 / 10:51 pm (local time epicenter). Global time and date of event 22/05/25 / 2025-05-22 22:51:20 / May 22, 2025 @ 10:51 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 192.687 km (120 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location, longitude 72.2711° East, latitude 37.4698° North, depth = 192.687 km.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khorugh, Khandūd. The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days sixty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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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: 57 km N of Khandūd, Afghanistan.
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