A moderate earthquake magnitude 5.5 (ml/mb) has occurred on Friday, 43 kilometers (27 miles) from Khandūd in Afghanistan. Exact time and date of earthquake 17/10/25 / 2025-10-17 12:15:04 / October 17, 2025 @ 12:15 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 72.7604 East, latitude 36.7821 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 12:15:04 / 12:15 pm (local time epicenter). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000rhs3. Unique identifier: us6000rhs3.

Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Khandūd (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 102 km (64 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 110 km (68 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 44 km (27 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).

Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Every year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days twenty 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 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: 43 km ESE of Khandūd, Afghanistan.

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