A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 52 kilometers (32 miles) from Khandūd in Afghanistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 72.8977 East, latitude 36.8493 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000ri5v. Id of event: us6000ri5v. The temblor was picked up at 13:59:34 / 1:59 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 19/10/25 / 2025-10-19 13:59:34 / October 19, 2025 @ 1:59 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd (min 5000 pop). Earthquake 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).

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 four and in the last 365 days twenty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.

Did you feel anything?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city 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: 52 km ESE of Khandūd, Afghanistan.

Copyright © 2025 earthquakenewstoday.com All rights reserved.