A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) strikes 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Fayzabad in Afghanistan on Wednesday. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:54:19 / 8:54 am (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/08/25 / 2025-08-06 08:54:19 / August 6, 2025 @ 8:54 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qyk4. Id of event: us6000qyk4. Exact location of event, depth 209.261 km, 70.4499° East, 36.8403° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 209.261 km (130 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ārt Khwājah, Taloqan, Rustāq (min 5000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 33 km (20 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 64 km (39 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 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 nine, in the last 10 days thirteen, in the past 30 days nineteen and in the last 365 days one hundred and fourty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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