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Strong earthquake, 6.3 mag has occurred near Khulm in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.4789S, 67.413WA earthquake magnitude 6.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Khulm in Afghanistan. Event id: us6000rl31. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rl31. Exact location of earthquake, 67.413° East, 36.4789° North, depth 10 km. Global time and date of event 02/11/25 / 2025-11-02 20:28:59 / November 2, 2025 @ 8:28 pm UTC/GMT. The 6.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 20:28:59 / 8:28 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Epicenter of the earthquake was 37 km (23 miles) from Mazār-e Sharīf (c. 303 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Tirmiz (c. 140 400 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Balkh (c. 114 900 pop), 122 km (76 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Khulm (c. 64 900 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Aībak (c. 47 800 pop), 112 km (70 miles) from Sang-e Chārak (c. 15 400 pop), 108 km (67 miles) from Shahritus (c. 13 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Baghlān, Sang-e Chārak, Shahritus (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop) (That might be effected).

There are an estimated 135 quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 6.0 to 6.9 may cause a lot of damage in very populated areas. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 35 km SW of Khulm, Afghanistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 6.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 67.413° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.4789° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 35 km SW of Khulm, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-02 20:28:59 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-02 20:48:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 2 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.7 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 612 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 96 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.518 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.94 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 46 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 us6000rl31 Id of event.
Event Code 6000rl31 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rl31, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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