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Light earthquake, 4.4 mag was detected near Khanabad in Afghanistan

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A light earthquake magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Khanabad in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Exact location of earthquake, 68.9517° East, 36.4355° North, depth 61.425 km. The 4.4-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 23:09:47 / 11:09 pm (local time epicenter). Id of earthquake: us7000rdu1. Event ids that are associated: us7000rdu1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 61.425 km (38 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 25/11/25 / 2025-11-25 23:09:47 / November 25, 2025 @ 11:09 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Panj, Qarāwul, Ārt Khwājah (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 34 km (21 miles) from Kunduz (c. 161 900 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Baghlān (c. 108 400 pop), 31 km (19 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 59 km (36 miles) from Pul-e Khumrī (c. 56 400 pop), 86 km (53 miles) from Aībak (c. 47 800 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 31 km SSW of Khanabad, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	4.4 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	68.9517° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	36.4355° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	61.425 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	31 km SSW of Khanabad, Afghanistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-11-25 23:09:47	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-11-26 02:57:58	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	298	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	39	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	2.223	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.53 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	166	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mb	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us7000rdu1	Id of event.
Event Code	7000rdu1	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us7000rdu1,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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