A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has struck on Tuesday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Khandūd in Afghanistan. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 21/10/25 / 2025-10-21 05:59:30 / October 21, 2025 @ 5:59 am. Event id: us6000riej. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000riej. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 72.9977 East, latitude 36.7734 North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 05:59:30 / 5:59 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd. Event epicenter was 64 km (40 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).

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 six, in the past 30 days six and in the last 365 days sixteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. 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: 63 km ESE of Khandūd, Afghanistan.

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