A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Tuesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan. Global time and date of event 18/03/25 / 2025-03-18 14:58:07 / March 18, 2025 @ 2:58 pm UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter was at a depth of 115.117 km (72 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000pzkp. Unique identifier: us6000pzkp. Exact location of earthquake, 71.0628° East, 36.9562° North, depth 115.117 km. The temblor was reported at 14:58:07 / 2:58 pm (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 74 km (46 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 55 km (34 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 52 km (32 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh, Ishqoshim, Ashkāsham (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. 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 thirty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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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: 22 km ENE of Jurm, Afghanistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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