A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/06/25 / 2025-06-28 14:31:13 / June 28, 2025 @ 2:31 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000q9dc. Id of event: us7000q9dc. The temblor was picked up at 14:31:13 / 2:31 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 70.9122 East, latitude 36.5546 North, depth = 203.955 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 203.955 km (127 miles) below the earth’s surface.
The epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham. Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty 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. 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: 35 km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan.
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