Light earthquake, 4.3 mag was detected near Asadābād in Afghanistan

A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was reported 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Asadābād in Afghanistan on Sunday. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 31/08/25 / 2025-08-31 19:31:31 / August 31, 2025 @ 7:31 pm. The temblor was picked up at 19:31:31 / 7:31 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rclf. Unique identifier: us6000rclf. Exact location of event, longitude 70.7627 East, latitude 34.7116 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

The epicenter was 43 km (26 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Shabqadar (c. 66 500 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Asadābād (c. 48 400 pop), 51 km (32 miles) from Mehtar Lām (c. 17 300 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Āsmār (c. 15 700 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn (c. 15 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Shabqadar, Pārūn, Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn (min 5000 pop). Nearby 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 twenty-eight, in the last 10 days twenty-eight, in the past 30 days twenty-eight and in the last 365 days twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 39 km WSW of Asadābād, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.3 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.7627° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	34.7116° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	39 km WSW 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	2025-08-31 19:31:31	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-09-27 15:18:11	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	284	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	32	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.357	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.85 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	209	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	us6000rclf	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rclf	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rclf,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

4.3 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

70.7627° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

34.7116° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

10 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

39 km WSW 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

2025-08-31 19:31:31

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-09-27 15:18:11

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

284

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

1.357

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

Root Mean Square

0.85 sec

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

Azimuthal Gap

209

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

us6000rclf

Id of event.

Event Code

6000rclf

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

Event IDS

,us6000rclf,

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

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