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Light earthquake, 4.2 mag was detected near Jurm in Afghanistan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan. Id of earthquake: us7000qdiu. Event ids that are associated: us7000qdiu. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 219.443 km (136 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.7555 East, latitude 36.5164 North, depth = 219.443 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 18/07/25 / 2025-07-18 19:56:19 / July 18, 2025 @ 7:56 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 19:56:19 / 7:56 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham. Event epicenter was 69 km (43 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 39 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.7555° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.5164° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	219.443 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	39 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-07-18 19:56:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-19 19:11:32	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	271	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	60	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.261	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.86 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	80	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000qdiu	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qdiu	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qdiu,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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