A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Bāsawul in Afghanistan. Id of earthquake: us7000qsxz. Event ids that are associated: us7000qsxz. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 01/09/25 / 2025-09-01 02:59:51 / September 1, 2025 @ 2:59 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 02:59:51 / 2:59 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.8207 East, latitude 34.3508 North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 79 km (49 miles) from Peshawar (c. 1 218 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Chārsadda (c. 95 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Shabqadar (c. 66 500 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Asadābād (c. 48 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Tangi (c. 29 400 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Āsmār, Utmānzai, Chārsadda. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop).
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. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
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