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Light earthquake, 4.5 mag strikes near Ashkāsham in Afghanistan


Earthquake location 36.3528S, 71.3192WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was reported 41 kilometers (25 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan on Friday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000pfc9. Id of event: us7000pfc9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 22:50:03 / 10:50 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 21/02/25 / 2025-02-21 22:50:03 / February 21, 2025 @ 10:50 pm. Exact location of earthquake, 71.3192° East, 36.3528° North, depth 126.348 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 126.348 km (79 miles).

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Event epicenter was 49 km (30 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 41 km (26 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 72 km (44 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jurm, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-two earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

Questions or comments?

What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 41 km SSW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.5 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.3192° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 36.3528° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 126.348 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 41 km SSW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-02-21 22:50:03 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-02-21 23:26:50 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 312 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 53 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 2.558 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.57 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 94 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us7000pfc9 Id of event.
Event Code 7000pfc9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000pfc9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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