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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag strikes near Farkhār in Afghanistan

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Earthquake location 36.388S, 70.3088WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 45 kilometers (28 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan on Sunday. Event id: us7000pyne. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pyne. Exact location of earthquake, 70.3088° East, 36.388° North, depth 209.879 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 209.879 km (130 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/05/25 / 2025-05-11 12:33:20 / May 11, 2025 @ 12:33 pm. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 12:33:20 / 12:33 pm (local time epicenter). 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 Fayzabad, Taloqan, Jurm (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 79 km (49 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Every 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been nine, in the last 10 days eleven, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 45 km ESE of Farkhār, Afghanistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.3088° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.388° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 209.879 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 45 km ESE of Farkhār, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-11 12:33:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-03 12:00:25 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 46 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.1 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.13 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 118 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 us7000pyne Id of event.
Event Code 7000pyne An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pyne, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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