A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 53 kilometers (33 miles) from Khandūd in Afghanistan on Sunday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was detected at 21:57:38 / 9:57 pm (local time epicenter). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 19/10/25 / 2025-10-19 21:57:38 / October 19, 2025 @ 9:57 pm. Exact location, longitude 72.9009° East, latitude 36.8412° North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ri7h. Id of event: us6000ri7h.

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khandūd (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 53 km (33 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop).

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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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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, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 53 km ESE of Khandūd, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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