A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Tuesday. The epicenter was at a depth of 190.24 km (118 miles). Exact location, longitude 70.6995° East, latitude 36.8243° North, depth = 190.24 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qksj. Unique identifier: us6000qksj. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/06/25 / 2025-06-17 09:53:06 / June 17, 2025 @ 9:53 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 09:53:06 / 9:53 am (local time epicenter).
Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Rustāq, Ishqoshim, Farkhār. Event epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
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 three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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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: 12 km WSW of Jurm, Afghanistan.
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