A light earthquake magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 55 kilometers (34 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 20/11/25 / 2025-11-20 21:39:13 / November 20, 2025 @ 9:39 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 71.2594° East, latitude 36.2315° North, depth = 110.698 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 110.698 km (69 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 21:39:13 / 9:39 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000rpg9. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rpg9.

The epicenter was 63 km (39 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 95 km (59 miles) from Pārūn (c. 1 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Pārūn, Jurm, Ishqoshim. Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).

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

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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 55 km SSW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan.

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