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9-4-2025 A 5.2 SW of Asadābād, AFGHANISTAN & A 5.0 SSW of ‘Ohonua, TONGA REGION USGS PREMIUM

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5 Sep 01:35 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 5 minutes.
5 Sep 01:37: Now using data updates from GFZ
5 Sep 01:37: Now using data updates from EMSC
5 Sep 01:37: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 10.00 to 35.00 km (from 6.2 to 22 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 24 km (15 mi) towards NNW.
5 Sep 01:42: Now using data updates from USGS

Epicenter 34.524°N / 70.81°E Nangarhar, Afghanistan
Also near: Pakistan 15.5 km (10 mi) away

Primary data source USGS (United States Geological Survey

Primary data source USGS (United States Geological Survey

Estimated energy 4 x 1012 joules (1.11 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 951 tons of TNT)

USGS WEBPAGE
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000qt…
M 5.2 - 39 km SW of Asadābād, Afghanistan
2025-09-05 01:30:02 (UTC)34.667°N 70.791°E9.1 km depth

EMSC TWEET
🔔M5.3 strikes 35 km E of #Jalālābād (#Afghanistan) 8 min ago. More info: m.emsc.eu/?id=1860924

EMSC WEBPAGE
m.emsc.eu/#earthquake
HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
5.2
2025-09-05
01:30:02 UTC
06:00:02 local time
34.6668 N | 70.7909 E
11,363 kmof your location
103 km NW of Peshawar, Pakistan
41 km NE of Jalālābād, Afghanistan
9.1 kmdeep

GFZ EQ CENTER
geofon.gfz.de/eqinfo/event.php?id=gfz2025rjkf
Southeastern Afghanistan
Time 2025-09-05 01:30:03.7 UTC
Magnitude 5.4 (mb)
Epicenter 70.81°E 34.52°N
Depth 10 km
Status A - automatic

IRIS EQ CENTER
ds.iris.edu/ds/nodes/dmc/tools/event/12015816/
Date/Time
(UTC) 2025-09-05 01:30:02 UTC
(26 minutes ago)
Location Southeastern Afghanistan
Magnitude mb 5.2
Latitude 34.6668° N
Longitude 70.7909° E
Depth 9.071 km

DISASTER ALERT
disasteralert.pdc.org/disasteralert/?hazard_id=370…
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 at a depth of 9.07 km (5.64 miles) has occurred at 39 km SW of Asadābād, Afghanistan, as reported by the National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) of the USGS on September 05, 2025 01:30:02 UTC
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5 Sep 01:44 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 16 minutes.
5 Sep 01:44: Epicenter location corrected by 0.5 km (0.3 mi) towards W.
5 Sep 01:46: Epicenter location corrected by 0.5 km (0.3 mi) towards E.
5 Sep 01:48: Now using data updates from USGS

Epicenter 23.48°S / 175.25°W Tonga

Nearest volcano Unnamed 21.38°S/175.65°W (223 km / 139 miles away color code green normal dormant

Estimated energy 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT)

USGS WEBPAGE
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000qt…
M 5.0 - 227 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
2025-09-05 01:27:41 (UTC)23.340°S 175.483°W31.2 km depth

GFZ EQ CENTER
geofon.gfz.de/eqinfo/event.php?id=gfz2025rjkd
Tonga Islands Region
Time 2025-09-05 01:27:38.8 UTC
Magnitude 5.2 (mb)
Epicenter 175.25°W 23.48°S
Depth 10 km
Status A - automatic

EMSC TWEET
🔔#Earthquake M5.0 strikes 229 km S of #‘Ohonua (#Tonga) 29 min ago. More info: m.emsc.eu/?id=1860927

EMSC WEBPAGE
m.emsc.eu/#earthquake
TONGA REGION
5.0
2025-09-05
01:27:41 UTC
14:27:41 local time
23.3404 S | 175.4826 W
12,333 kmof your location
246 km S of Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
230 km S of ‘Ohonua, Tonga
31.2 kmdeep

IRIS EQ CENTER
GFZ EQ CENTER
geofon.gfz.de/eqinfo/event.php?id=gfz2025rjkd
Tonga Islands Region
Time 2025-09-05 01:27:38.8 UTC
Magnitude 5.2 (mb)
Epicenter 175.25°W 23.48°S
Depth 10 km
Status A - automatic

DISASTER ALERT
disasteralert.pdc.org/disasteralert/?hazard_id=370…
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 at a depth of 31.24 km (19.41 miles) has occurred at 227 km SSW of ‘Ohonua, Tonga, as reported by the National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) of the USGS on September 05, 2025 01:27:41 UTC PRELIMINARY

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