A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Khandūd in Afghanistan. Exact location of event, longitude 72.482 East, latitude 37.2758 North, depth = 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:56:27 / 9:56 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000ricz. Unique identifier: us6000ricz. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/10/25 / 2025-10-20 21:56:27 / October 20, 2025 @ 9:56 pm.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh, Khandūd. Epicenter of the event was 85 km (53 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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: 38 km NNE of Khandūd, Afghanistan.
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