A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Tuesday. Unique identifier: us6000r1zv. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000r1zv. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 202.441 km (126 miles) below the earth’s surface. The temblor was reported at 05:19:51 / 5:19 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/08/25 / 2025-08-19 05:19:51 / August 19, 2025 @ 5:19 am. Exact location of event, longitude 70.8478 East, latitude 36.4803 North, depth = 202.441 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Earthquake epicenter was 75 km (46 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 65 km (41 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Farkhār (c. 10 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Farkhār, Fayzabad, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 42 km S of Jurm, Afghanistan.

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