A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan. Unique identifier: us7000qch1. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qch1. Global time and date of event 13/07/25 / 2025-07-13 21:18:38 / July 13, 2025 @ 9:18 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.6947 East, latitude 36.4882 North, depth = 191.768 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 191.768 km (119 miles). The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:18:38 / 9:18 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the event was 71 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham, Farkhār.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-one 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: 43 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan.
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