A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 71.4705° East, latitude 36.2953° North, depth = 108.231 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/08/25 / 2025-08-25 00:09:41 / August 25, 2025 @ 12:09 am. Unique identifier: us6000r3jj. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r3jj. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:09:41 / 12:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 108.231 km (67 miles).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 49 km (31 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 85 km (53 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 43 km S of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan.
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