A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Wednesday, 44 kilometers (27 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan. Exact location of event, depth 157.614 km, 71.1191° East, 36.461° North. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 157.614 km (98 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000r282. Unique identifier: us6000r282. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/08/25 / 2025-08-20 01:53:31 / August 20, 2025 @ 1:53 am. The temblor was picked up at 01:53:31 / 1:53 am (local time epicenter).

Country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Ishqoshim, Jurm. Event epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).

Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 three, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city 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: 44 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan.

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