Moderate earthquake, 5.5 mag was detected near Khandūd in Afghanistan

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Khandūd in Afghanistan. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 12:15:04 / October 17, 2025 @ 12:15 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 72.7604 East, latitude 36.7821 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 12:15:04 / 12:15 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rhs3. Unique identifier: us6000rhs3.

Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Khandūd (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 102 km (64 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 43 km ESE of Khandūd, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.5 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	72.7604° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.7821° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	10 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	43 km ESE of Khandūd, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-10-17 12:15:04	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-17 12:34:49	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	465	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	102	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.544	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.02 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	41	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000rhs3	Id of event.
Event Code	6000rhs3	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000rhs3,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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