A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Friday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Khandūd in Afghanistan. Exact location, longitude 72.806° East, latitude 36.9316° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 14:50:16 / October 17, 2025 @ 2:50 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.5-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 14:50:16 / 2:50 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000rhsk. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rhsk.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 43 km (27 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days eight, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. 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 E of Khandūd, Afghanistan.
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