A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 16 kilometers (10 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan on Thursday. Id of earthquake: us7000qae2. Event ids that are associated: us7000qae2. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.4191 East, latitude 36.8038 North, depth = 156.77 km. The temblor was detected at 08:58:58 / 8:58 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 156.77 km (97 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 03/07/25 / 2025-07-03 08:58:58 / July 3, 2025 @ 8:58 am.

Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 19 km (12 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 17 km (10 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 52 km (33 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Khandūd, Khorugh. Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected).

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

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