Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Herāt in Afghanistan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 17 kilometers (11 miles) from Herāt in Afghanistan on Friday. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/07/25 / 2025-07-25 08:52:38 / July 25, 2025 @ 8:52 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 62.0597 East, latitude 34.461 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 08:52:38 / 8:52 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000qyxn. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000qyxn.

Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kuhsān, Tīr Pul, Qarah Bāgh (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 18 km (11 miles) from Herāt (c. 272 800 pop), 48 km (30 miles) from Karukh (c. 17 500 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Qarah Bāgh (c. 12 400 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Kuhsān (c. 12 100 pop), 27 km (17 miles) from Chahār Burj (c. 11 900 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Zindah Jān (c. 10 100 pop).

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 two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. 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: 17 km NW of Herāt, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.1 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	62.0597° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.461° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	17 km NW of Herāt, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-07-25 08:52:38	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-08-13 06:29:08	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	259	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	24	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	7.081	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.88 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	117	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	us6000qyxn	Id of event.
Event Code	6000qyxn	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000qyxn,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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