A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Asadābād in Afghanistan. Event id: us7000qu0q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qu0q. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global time and date of event 05/09/25 / 2025-09-05 05:37:44 / September 5, 2025 @ 5:37 am UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 70.7885° East, latitude 34.6974° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 05:37:44 / 5:37 am (local time epicenter).

Earthquake epicenter was 43 km (27 miles) from Jalālābād (c. 200 300 pop), 88 km (55 miles) from Shabqadar (c. 66 500 pop), 38 km (24 miles) from Asadābād (c. 48 400 pop), 91 km (56 miles) from Tangi (c. 29 400 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Mehtar Lām (c. 17 300 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Āsmār (c. 15 700 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn (c. 15 100 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Pakistan (c. 184 405 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Tangi, Shabqadar, Pārūn (min 5000 pop).

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

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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. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 38 km WSW of Asadābād, Afghanistan.

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