A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 05/10/25 / 2025-10-05 22:45:08 / October 5, 2025 @ 10:45 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 174.919 km (109 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, 70.8743° East, 36.5553° North, depth 174.919 km. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:45:08 / 10:45 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rf04. Unique identifier: us6000rf04.
Event epicenter was 68 km (42 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 35 km (21 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.
Questions or comments?
What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 34 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan.
Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.
Leave a Reply