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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag strikes near Farkhār in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.1051S, 70.402WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 71 kilometers (44 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan on Tuesday. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 111.402 km (69 miles). Global time and date of event 17/06/25 / 2025-06-17 16:49:06 / June 17, 2025 @ 4:49 pm UTC/GMT. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qkux. Id of event: us6000qkux. Exact location, longitude 70.402° East, latitude 36.1051° North, depth = 111.402 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 16:49:06 / 4:49 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Pārūn, Farkhār (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 93 km (58 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 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 one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 71 km SE of Farkhār, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.402° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.1051° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 111.402 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 71 km SE 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 2025-06-17 16:49:06 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-06-17 18:11:32 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 271 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 73 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.895 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 87 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 us6000qkux Id of event.
Event Code 6000qkux An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qkux, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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