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9-4-2025 A 5.6 E of Jalālābād, AFGHANISTAN REGION USGS PREMIUM

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4 Sep 16:58 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 2 minutes.
4 Sep 17:04: Now using data updates from GFZ
✅4 Sep 17:04: Magnitude recalculated from 6.1 to 6.2.
4 Sep 17:04: Now using data updates from EMSC
✅4 Sep 17:04: Magnitude recalculated from 6.0 to 5.9.
✅4 Sep 17:05: Magnitude recalculated from 5.9 to 6.0. Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.00 to 42.00 km (from 6.2 to 26 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 20 km (12 mi) towards N.
Update Thu, 4 Sep 2025, 17:06
4 Sep 17:15: Now using data updates from USGS
Update Thu, 4 Sep 2025, 17:06

Epicenter 34.57°N / 70.753°E Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Also near: Pakistan 21 km (13 mi) away

Nearest volcano Vakak (244 km / 152 miles away color code green normal dormant

Primary data source USGS (United States Geological Surve

Estimated energy 1.6 x 1013 joules (4.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 3788 tons of TNT or 0.2 atomic bombs!)

USGS TWEET
Prelim M5.6 Earthquake Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan Sep-04 16:56 UTC, updates earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ev…

USGS WEBPAGE
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000qt…
M 5.6 - 14 km E of Jalālābād, Afghanistan
2025-09-04 16:56:24 (UTC)34.422°N 70.615°E10.0 km depth

EMSC TWEET
🔔 M6.0 strikes 32 km NE of #Jalālābād (#Afghanistan) 8 min ago. More info: m.emsc.eu/?id=1860726

EMSC WEBPAGE
m.emsc.eu/#earthquake
HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
6.1
2025-09-04
16:56:29 UTC
21:26:29 local time
34.7442 N | 70.7875 E
11,355 kmof your location
47 km NNE of Jalālābād, Afghanistan
36 km SW of Asadābād, Afghanistan
42 kmdeep

EMSC WEBPAGE DOWNGRADED AFTER USGS POST
m.emsc.eu/#earthquake
HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
5.6
2025-09-04
16:56:24 UTC
21:26:24 local time
34.4221 N | 70.6145 E
11,380 kmof your location
100 km WNW of Peshawar, Pakistan
15 km E of Jalālābād, Afghanistan
10 kmdeep

GFZ EQ CENTER
geofon.gfz.de/eqinfo/event.php?id=gfz2025rith
Southeastern Afghanistan
Time 2025-09-04 16:56:26.4 UTC
Magnitude 6.2 (mb)
Epicenter 70.75°E 34.57°N
Depth 10 km
Status A - automatic

IRIS EQ CENTER
ds.iris.edu/ds/nodes/dmc/tools/event/12015558/
Date/Time
(UTC) 2025-09-04 16:56:24 UTC
(34 minutes ago)
Location Southeastern Afghanistan
Magnitude mww 5.6
Latitude 34.4221° N
Longitude 70.6145° E
Depth 10.0 km

DISASTER ALERT
disasteralert.pdc.org/disasteralert/?hazard_id=370…
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 at a depth of 10.0 km (6.21 miles) has occurred at 14 km E of Jalālābād, Afghanistan, as reported by the National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) of the USGS on September 04, 2025 16:56:24 UTC PRELIMINARY

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