A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Farkhār in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 70.1101 East, latitude 36.5356 North, depth = 220.719 km. Event id: us6000qvl9. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qvl9. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 28/07/25 / 2025-07-28 08:54:12 / July 28, 2025 @ 8:54 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 220.719 km (137 miles). The 4.2-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 08:54:12 / 8:54 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop). The epicenter was 90 km (56 miles) from Khanabad (c. 71 500 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Taloqan (c. 64 300 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 83 km (52 miles) from Ārt Khwājah (c. 18 600 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khanabad, Ārt Khwājah, Fayzabad.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 three, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. 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: 22 km E of Farkhār, Afghanistan.

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