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Light earthquake: M4.5 quake has struck near Bāsawul in Afghanistan

Posted by admin on August 31, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 34.3376S, 70.8817WA light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from Bāsawul in Afghanistan. The temblor was picked up at 19:38:04 / 7:38 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/08/25 / 2025-08-31 19:38:04 / August 31, 2025 @ 7:38 pm. Event id: us7000qsvq. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qsvq. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 70.8817° East, latitude 34.3376° North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pabbi, Hangu, Āsmār (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 74 km (46 miles) from Peshawar (c. 1 218 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Chārsadda (c. 95 300 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Shabqadar (c. 66 500 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Asadābād (c. 48 400 pop), 92 km (57 miles) from Pabbi (c. 37 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Hangu (c. 36 200 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days 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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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 10 km N of Bāsawul, Afghanistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.8817° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.3376° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 10 km N of Bāsawul, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-31 19:38:04 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-31 20:08:02 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.1 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 312 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 44 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.455 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.7 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 216 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 us7000qsvq Id of event.
Event Code 7000qsvq An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qsvq, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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