A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) strikes 21 kilometers (13 miles) from Jurm in Afghanistan on Friday. Event id: us6000rj9q. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rj9q. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.0557 East, latitude 36.7989 North, depth = 223.427 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 24/10/25 / 2025-10-24 18:01:10 / October 24, 2025 @ 6:01 pm UTC/GMT. The epicenter was at a depth of 223.427 km (139 miles). The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 18:01:10 / 6:01 pm (local time epicenter).

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khorugh, Fayzabad, Ishqoshim. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Earthquake epicenter was 55 km (34 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 21 km (13 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop).

There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes 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 twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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