A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 27 kilometers (17 miles) from Jalālābād in Afghanistan. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rls4. Unique identifier: us6000rls4. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 05/11/25 / 2025-11-05 22:10:39 / November 5, 2025 @ 10:10 pm. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 22:10:39 / 10:10 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 70.7214° East, latitude 34.535° North, depth = 10 km.
Earthquake epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 84 km (52 miles) from Shabqadar (c. 66 500 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Asadābād (c. 48 400 pop), 89 km (56 miles) from Tangi (c. 29 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Mehtar Lām (c. 17 300 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Āsmār (c. 15 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tangi, Shabqadar, Āsmār (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop) (That might be effected).
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 one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days thirty-four 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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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage 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: 27 km ENE of Jalālābād, Afghanistan.
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