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Light earthquake: M4.2 quake has struck near Farkhār in Afghanistan

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A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan on Sunday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/10/25 / 2025-10-19 22:50:45 / October 19, 2025 @ 10:50 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:50:45 / 10:50 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 126.887 km (79 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 69.5036 East, latitude 36.3116 North, depth = 126.887 km. Id of earthquake: us6000ri7p. Event ids that are associated: us6000ri7p.

Event epicenter was 74 km (46 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 54 km (33 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 47 km (29 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ārt Khwājah, Pul-e Khumrī, Baghlān (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 43 km SW of Farkhār, Afghanistan.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.2 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	69.5036° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.3116° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	126.887 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	43 km SW of Farkhār, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-10-19 22:50:45	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-10-20 00:26:42	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	271	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	45	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	1.818	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.53 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	103	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	us6000ri7p	Id of event.
Event Code	6000ri7p	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000ri7p,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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