A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Wednesday, 39 kilometers (24 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan. Exact location of event, longitude 70.8393 East, latitude 36.5126 North, depth = 187.454 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qyr8. Id of event: us6000qyr8. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 06/08/25 / 2025-08-06 23:28:28 / August 6, 2025 @ 11:28 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 23:28:28 / 11:28 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 187.454 km (116 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 39 km (24 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Farkhār, Ishqoshim, Fayzabad.

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and 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.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 39 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan.

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