A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Monday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan. Exact location of earthquake, 70.8658° East, 36.504° North, depth 187.072 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 187.072 km (116 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 06/10/25 / 2025-10-06 14:42:20 / October 6, 2025 @ 2:42 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rf32. Unique identifier: us6000rf32. The temblor was detected at 14:42:20 / 2:42 pm (local time epicenter).
Event epicenter was 73 km (45 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been seven, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-nine earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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