Moderate earthquake, 5.2 mag has occurred near Asadābād in Afghanistan

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.2 (ml/mb) strikes 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Asadābād in Afghanistan on Friday. Id of earthquake: us7000qtzt. Event ids that are associated: us7000qtzt. The 5.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 01:30:02 / 1:30 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/09/25 / 2025-09-05 01:30:02 / September 5, 2025 @ 1:30 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 9.071 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 70.7909° East, latitude 34.6668° North, depth = 9.071 km.

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tagāb, Chārsadda, Utmānzai. Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 103 km (64 miles) from Peshawar (c. 1 218 800 pop), 41 km (25 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Chārsadda (c. 95 300 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Shabqadar (c. 66 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Asadābād (c. 48 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tangi (c. 29 400 pop), 104 km (65 miles) from Utmānzai (c. 29 400 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. There are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been five, in the last 10 days fifteen, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.7909° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.6668° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	9.071 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	39 km SW of Asadābād, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-09-05 01:30:02	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-09-05 01:40:58	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	51	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.375	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.2 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	67	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	us7000qtzt	Id of event.
Event Code	7000qtzt	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000qtzt,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.2 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

70.7909° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

34.6668° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

9.071 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

39 km SW of Asadābād, Afghanistan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2025-09-05 01:30:02

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-09-05 01:40:58

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

416

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

1.375

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

Root Mean Square

1.2 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

us7000qtzt

Id of event.

Event Code

7000qtzt

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

Event IDS

,us7000qtzt,

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

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