A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.1 (ml/mb) was reported 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Ashkāsham in Afghanistan on Wednesday. Exact location of event, depth 128.261 km, 71.2715° East, 36.4432° North. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qrab. Unique identifier: us7000qrab. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 128.261 km (80 miles). The temblor was reported at 13:27:10 / 1:27 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 27/08/25 / 2025-08-27 13:27:10 / August 27, 2025 @ 1:27 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Event epicenter was 97 km (60 miles) from Fayzabad (c. 44 400 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 61 km (38 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fayzabad, Jurm, Ishqoshim (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days one hundred and thirty-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate quakes in the world.

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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 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: 35 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan.

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