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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag has occurred near Qalāt in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 31.5338S, 66.9861WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Qalāt in Afghanistan on Thursday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qyyw. Id of event: us6000qyyw. The temblor was picked up at 20:14:54 / 8:14 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 66.9861 East, latitude 31.5338 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 07/08/25 / 2025-08-07 20:14:54 / August 7, 2025 @ 8:14 pm.

Event epicenter was 85 km (53 miles) from Chaman (c. 88 600 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Qalāt (c. 12 200 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Chaman, Qalāt.

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 four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 63 km S of Qalāt, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.4 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 66.9861° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 31.5338° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 63 km S of Qalāt, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-07 20:14:54 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-07 20:39:24 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 298 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 39 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 3.478 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.65 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 180 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 us6000qyyw Id of event.
Event Code 6000qyyw An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qyyw, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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