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Moderate earthquake: M5.2 quake has struck near Jalālābād in Afghanistan

Posted by admin on August 31, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 34.7088S, 70.706WA moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Jalālābād in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 5.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:33:20 / 9:33 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/08/25 / 2025-08-31 21:33:20 / August 31, 2025 @ 9:33 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 70.706° East, 34.7088° North, depth 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qswe. Unique identifier: us7000qswe. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tangi, Tagāb, Shabqadar. Event epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Shabqadar (c. 66 500 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Asadābād (c. 48 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Tangi (c. 29 400 pop), 46 km (28 miles) from Mehtar Lām (c. 17 300 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Āsmār (c. 15 700 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn (c. 15 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate 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. 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: 39 km NE of Jalālābād, Afghanistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.706° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.7088° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 39 km NE of Jalālābād, 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 21:33:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-31 21:51:33 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 416 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 66 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.31 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.82 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 89 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 us7000qswe Id of event.
Event Code 7000qswe An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qswe, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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