A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 37 kilometers (23 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 190.165 km (118 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000rl3q. Unique identifier: us7000rl3q. Exact location of event, depth 190.165 km, 71.2996° East, 36.9657° North. The temblor was detected at 18:45:14 / 6:45 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/12/25 / 2025-12-27 18:45:14 / December 27, 2025 @ 6:45 pm.
Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Fayzabad, Khorugh (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 66 km (41 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 38 km (23 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days one hundred and eighteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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 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: 37 km NNW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan.
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