Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Jalālābād in Afghanistan

A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Jalālābād in Afghanistan on Sunday. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 31/08/25 / 2025-08-31 23:55:03 / August 31, 2025 @ 11:55 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:55:03 / 11:55 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.6424 East, latitude 34.6089 North, depth = 10 km. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rclt. Unique identifier: us6000rclt.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Shabqadar, Tagāb, Pārūn (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 27 km (17 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Shabqadar (c. 66 500 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Asadābād (c. 48 400 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Mehtar Lām (c. 17 300 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Āsmār (c. 15 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn (c. 15 100 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been twenty-seven, in the last 10 days twenty-seven, in the past 30 days twenty-seven and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.

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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: 26 km NE of Jalālābād, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.6424° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.6089° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	26 km NE 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	2025-08-31 23:55:03	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-09-24 23:59:07	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	298	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	36	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.248	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.73 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	145	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	us6000rclt	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rclt	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rclt,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.4 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

70.6424° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

34.6089° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

26 km NE 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

2025-08-31 23:55:03

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-09-24 23:59:07

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

298

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

1.248

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

Root Mean Square

0.73 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

145

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

us6000rclt

Id of event.

Event Code

6000rclt

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

Event IDS

,us6000rclt,

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

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