A light earthquake with magnitude 4.4 (ml/mb) was reported 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan on Thursday. The temblor was picked up at 17:25:28 / 5:25 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 71.1998 East, latitude 36.6805 North, depth = 121.802 km. Unique identifier: us6000rken. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rken. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 121.802 km (76 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 30/10/25 / 2025-10-30 17:25:28 / October 30, 2025 @ 5:25 pm.

Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Earthquake epicenter was 73 km (46 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 30 km (18 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim.

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 two, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and twenty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 29 km W of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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