A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 23 kilometers (14 miles) from Jalālābād in Afghanistan. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 02:46:52 / 2:46 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/09/25 / 2025-09-17 02:46:52 / September 17, 2025 @ 2:46 am. Id of earthquake: us7000qwlx. Event ids that are associated: us7000qwlx. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of event, longitude 70.7081 East, latitude 34.4589 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 94 km (59 miles) from Peshawar (c. 1 218 800 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Shabqadar (c. 66 500 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Asadābād (c. 48 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Tangi (c. 29 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mehtar Lām (c. 17 300 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Peshawar, Tangi, Āsmār (min 5000 pop). 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. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days twenty and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 23 km E of Jalālābād, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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