Light earthquake, 4.8 mag strikes near Asadābād in Afghanistan

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Earthquake location 34.7164S, 70.7477W A light earthquake with magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) was reported 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Asadābād in Afghanistan on Friday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 05/09/25 / 2025-09-05 02:16:47 / September 5, 2025 @ 2:16 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, 70.7477° East, 34.7164° North, depth 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Unique identifier: us7000qu02. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000qu02. The temblor was picked up at 02:16:47 / 2:16 am (local time epicenter).

Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tangi, Shabqadar, Pārūn. Epicenter of the event was 42 km (26 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Shabqadar (c. 66 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Asadābād (c. 48 400 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Tangi (c. 29 400 pop), 49 km (31 miles) from Mehtar Lām (c. 17 300 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Āsmār (c. 15 700 pop), 66 km (41 miles) from Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn (c. 15 100 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been six, in the last 10 days sixteen, in the past 30 days sixteen and in the last 365 days seventeen 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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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. 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: 40 km WSW of Asadābād, Afghanistan.

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