A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Khulm in Afghanistan. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:35:54 / 7:35 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000qiii. Unique identifier: us6000qiii. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 06/06/25 / 2025-06-06 19:35:54 / June 6, 2025 @ 7:35 pm. Exact location, longitude 67.8986° East, latitude 36.6326° North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Mazār-e Sharīf (c. 303 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Tirmiz (c. 140 400 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Balkh (c. 114 900 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Khulm (c. 64 900 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baghlān, Balkh, Kunduz (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 19 km ESE of Khulm, Afghanistan.
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