Moderate earthquake, 5 mag has occurred near Farkhār in Afghanistan

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 58 kilometers (36 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan. Id of earthquake: us6000qxit. Event ids that are associated: us6000qxit. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.0528 East, latitude 36.0682 North, depth = 122.578 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 01/08/25 / 2025-08-01 21:03:34 / August 1, 2025 @ 9:03 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 122.578 km (76 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was detected at 21:03:34 / 9:03 pm (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Bāzārak, Taloqan, Nahrīn (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 97 km (60 miles) from Bāzārak (c. 65 000 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 83 km (51 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days ninety-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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: 58 km SSE of Farkhār, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.0528° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.0682° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	122.578 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	58 km SSE of Farkhār, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-08-01 21:03:34	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-01 21:20:18	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	385	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	96	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.722	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.97 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	47	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000qxit	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qxit	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qxit,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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