A light earthquake with magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) was detected on Thursday, 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Nahrīn in Afghanistan. The 4.7-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 06:22:03 / 6:22 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, 69.0813° East, 36.2057° North, depth 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 17/07/25 / 2025-07-17 06:22:03 / July 17, 2025 @ 6:22 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000qd5i. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qd5i. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles).
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Event epicenter was 62 km (38 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Aībak (c. 47 800 pop), 16 km (10 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Aībak, Farkhār, Taloqan (min 5000 pop).
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 one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 16 km NNW of Nahrīn, Afghanistan.
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