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Moderate earthquake, 5.6 mag was detected near Jalālābād in Afghanistan

Posted by admin on September 4, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 34.4221S, 70.6145WA moderate earthquake magnitude 5.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Jalālābād in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 70.6145° East, latitude 34.4221° North, depth = 10 km. Event id: us7000qtst. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qtst. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The temblor was picked up at 16:56:24 / 4:56 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 04/09/25 / 2025-09-04 16:56:24 / September 4, 2025 @ 4:56 pm.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Doāba, Utmānzai, Chārsadda. Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 100 km (62 miles) from Peshawar (c. 1 218 800 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Chārsadda (c. 95 300 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Shabqadar (c. 66 500 pop), 70 km (43 miles) from Asadābād (c. 48 400 pop), 107 km (67 miles) from Hangu (c. 36 200 pop), 96 km (60 miles) from Tangi (c. 29 400 pop), 109 km (68 miles) from Utmānzai (c. 29 400 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days twelve and in the last 365 days thirteen 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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 14 km E of Jalālābād, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 5.6 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.6145° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.4221° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 14 km E 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 2025-09-04 16:56:24 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-09-04 17:19:28 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 19 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.8 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI 6.947 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 492 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 1.226 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.01 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 115 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mww The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000qtst Id of event.
Event Code 7000qtst An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qtst, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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