A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Bāzārak in Afghanistan on Friday. The 4.2-magnitude earthquake was detected at 19:21:15 / 7:21 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 69.7007° East, latitude 35.5543° North, depth = 29.449 km. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 19/09/25 / 2025-09-19 19:21:15 / September 19, 2025 @ 7:21 pm. All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rgd1. Unique identifier: us6000rgd1. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 29.449 km (18 miles).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Tagāb, Charikar, Nahrīn (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Epicenter of the earthquake was 32 km (20 miles) from Bāzārak (c. 65 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Charikar (c. 53 700 pop), 76 km (47 miles) from Nahrīn (c. 22 400 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Jabal os Saraj (c. 15 000 pop), 67 km (42 miles) from Sidqābād (c. 7 400 pop), 78 km (48 miles) from Tagāb (c. 6 400 pop).

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

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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 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: 31 km NNE of Bāzārak, Afghanistan.

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