Light earthquake: M4.6 quake has struck near Jalālābād in Afghanistan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Jalālābād in Afghanistan on Monday. Exact location, longitude 70.6797° East, latitude 34.7173° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 05:01:47 / 5:01 am (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 01/09/25 / 2025-09-01 05:01:47 / September 1, 2025 @ 5:01 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qsya. Unique identifier: us7000qsya.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shabqadar, Tagāb, Pārūn (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 38 km (24 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Shabqadar (c. 66 500 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Asadābād (c. 48 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Mehtar Lām (c. 17 300 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Āsmār (c. 15 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn (c. 15 100 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Bāsawul (c. 6 800 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby.

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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 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: 38 km NNE of Jalālābād, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.6 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.6797° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.7173° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	38 km NNE 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	2025-09-01 05:01:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-09-01 13:01:42	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	326	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	92	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.29	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.69 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	96	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	us7000qsya	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qsya	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qsya,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.6 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

70.6797° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

34.7173° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

38 km NNE 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

2025-09-01 05:01:47

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-09-01 13:01:42

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

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

326

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

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

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

1.29

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

0.69 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us7000qsya

Id of event.

Event Code

7000qsya

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us7000qsya,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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