A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 46 kilometers (29 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan. Exact location of event, depth 217.624 km, 70.516° East, 36.5384° North. The 4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:33:18 / 11:33 pm (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000rcbi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rcbi. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 217.624 km (135 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/08/25 / 2025-08-28 23:33:18 / August 28, 2025 @ 11:33 pm.
Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Rustāq, Fayzabad, Farkhār (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 65 km (40 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop).
Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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