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Light earthquake 4.7 mag, 15 km NNW of Bāsawul, Afghanistan

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Earthquake location 34.3827S, 70.8308WA light earthquake magnitude 4.7 (ml/mb) strikes 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Bāsawul in Afghanistan on Thursday. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 16/10/25 / 2025-10-16 23:53:37 / October 16, 2025 @ 11:53 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:53:37 / 11:53 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rhpc. Unique identifier: us6000rhpc. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, longitude 70.8308 East, latitude 34.3827 North, depth = 10 km.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 80 km (50 miles) from Peshawar (c. 1 218 800 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Chārsadda (c. 95 300 pop), 69 km (43 miles) from Shabqadar (c. 66 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Asadābād (c. 48 400 pop), 98 km (61 miles) from Pabbi (c. 37 300 pop), 97 km (60 miles) from Hangu (c. 36 200 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Pabbi, Hangu, Utmānzai (min 5000 pop).

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 thirty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 15 km NNW of Bāsawul, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.7 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.8308° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 34.3827° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 15 km NNW of Bāsawul, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-10-16 23:53:37 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-10-17 00:40:50 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 340 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 54 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.408 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.3 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 132 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 us6000rhpc Id of event.
Event Code 6000rhpc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rhpc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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