A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 148.316 km, 69.8135° East, 36.3081° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 148.316 km (92 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 25/05/25 / 2025-05-25 01:03:39 / May 25, 2025 @ 1:03 am UTC/GMT. Id of earthquake: us7000q1by. Event ids that are associated: us7000q1by. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 01:03:39 / 1:03 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ārt Khwājah, Rustāq, Khanabad (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 75 km (47 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 67 km (41 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
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 eighty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 29 km S of Farkhār, Afghanistan.
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