Light mag. 4.5 earthquake - 44 km west of Assad-Abad, Asadābād, Kunar, Afghanistan, on Saturday, Aug 6, 2022 at 6:07 pm (GMT +4:30) -
Updated: Tue, Aug 9, 2022 02:35 GMT -
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Light magnitude 4.5 earthquake at 109 km depth
6 Aug 13:51 UTC: First to report: NCS after 14 minutes.
Update Sat, 6 Aug 2022, 13:57
Magnitude 4.5 earthquake strikes near Assad-Abad, Asadābād, Kunar, Afghanistan4.5 quake 6 Aug 6:07 pm (GMT +4:30)
Just 20 minutes ago, a 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Assad-Abad, Asadābād, Kunar, Afghanistan. The tremor was recorded in the afternoon on Saturday, August 6th, 2022, at 5:37 pm local time, at an intermediate depth of 109 km below the surface.
The event was filed by India's National Center for Seismology (NCS), the first seismological agency to report it.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Assad-Abad (pop. 48,400) located 44 km from the epicenter, Āsmār (pop. 15,700) 61 km away, Jalalabad (pop. 200,300) 68 km away, Bāsawul (pop. 6,800) 86 km away, Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn (pop. 15,100) 98 km away, and Bāzārak (pop. 65,000) 112 km away.
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The event was filed by India's National Center for Seismology (NCS), the first seismological agency to report it.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Assad-Abad (pop. 48,400) located 44 km from the epicenter, Āsmār (pop. 15,700) 61 km away, Jalalabad (pop. 200,300) 68 km away, Bāsawul (pop. 6,800) 86 km away, Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn (pop. 15,100) 98 km away, and Bāzārak (pop. 65,000) 112 km away.
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Earthquake details
Date & time | Aug 6, 2022 13:37:12 UTC - |
Local time at epicenter | Saturday, Aug 6, 2022 at 6:07 pm (GMT +4:30) |
Status | Confirmed |
Magnitude | 4.5 |
Depth | 109.0 km |
Epicenter latitude / longitude | 35.01°N / 70.69°E ![]() |
Antipode | 35.01°S / 109.31°W |
Shaking intensity | Weak shaking near epicenter |
Felt | 0 reports |
Primary data source | NCS (National Center for Seismology) |
Nearby towns and cities | 44 km (28 mi) WNW of Assad-Abad (pop: 48,400) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 61 km (38 mi) W of Āsmār (pop: 15,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 68 km (43 mi) NNE of Jalalabad (Nangarhar) (pop: 200,300) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 98 km (61 mi) N of Markaz-e Woluswalī-ye Āchīn (Nazyan, Nangarhar) (pop: 15,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 112 km (70 mi) ESE of Bāzārak (Panjshir) (pop: 65,000) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 138 km (86 mi) E of Charikar (Parwan) (pop: 53,700) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 149 km (92 mi) ENE of Kabul (pop: 3,043,500) | Show on map | Quakes nearby 199 km (124 mi) NNE of Khōst (Khowst) (pop: 96,100) | Show on map | Quakes nearby |
Weather at epicenter at time of quake | Clear Sky ![]() |
Estimated seismic energy released | 3.5 x 1011 joules (98.6 megawatt hours, equivalent to 84.8 tons of TNT) | about seismic energy |
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Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
4.5 | 109 km | Afghanistan | NCS |
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Earlier earthquakes in the same area since 1900
Date and time GMT![]() | Mag Depth | Distance | Location | Details |
Nov 15, 1921 20:36 101 years ago | 7.8 240 km | 133km / 82mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, 102 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Jul 7, 1909 21:37 113 years ago | 7.7 200 km | 58km / 36mi | Mandōl, Nuristan, 67 km E of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
Oct 26, 2015 09:09 7 years ago | 7.5 212 km | 155km / 97mi | 52 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Mar 4, 1949 10:19 73 years ago | 7.5 229 km | 173km / 107mi | Yamgān, 36 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Mar 3, 2002 12:08 20 years ago | 7.4 226 km | 167km / 104mi | Tagāb, 69 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Jul 29, 1985 07:54 37 years ago | 7.4 99 km | 133km / 82mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, 107 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Dec 30, 1983 23:52 39 years ago | 7.4 215 km | 152km / 94mi | Yamgān, 84 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Mar 14, 1965 15:53 57 years ago | 7.4 208 km | 155km / 96mi | Yamgān, 52 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Aug 9, 1993 12:42 29 years ago | 7.0 215 km | 153km / 95mi | Yamgān, 86 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Jan 31, 1991 23:03 32 years ago | 6.9 142 km | 112km / 70mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 140 km SE of Khanabad, Afghanistan | More |
Jul 14, 1991 09:09 31 years ago | 6.7 213 km | 152km / 95mi | Zebak, 99 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Jul 6, 1962 23:05 60 years ago | 6.7 216 km | 163km / 101mi | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 51 km E of Farkhār, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
Apr 10, 2016 10:28 6 years ago | 6.6 210 km | 168km / 105mi | 37 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Jan 3, 2009 20:23 14 years ago | 6.6 205 km | 157km / 97mi | Yamgān, 50 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Apr 5, 2004 21:24 18 years ago | 6.6 187 km | 170km / 106mi | Yamgān, 78 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
May 30, 1998 06:22 24 years ago | 6.6 33 km | 239km / 148mi | Shahr-e Buzurg, Badakhshan, 25 km E of Rustāq, Rustaq, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
Dec 16, 1982 00:40 40 years ago | 6.6 36 km | 198km / 123mi | Nahrīn, 27 km E of Baghlan, Baghlān-e Jadīd, Baghlan, Afghanistan | More |
Jun 6, 1966 07:46 56 years ago | 6.6 216 km | 164km / 102mi | Zebak, 40 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Jan 28, 1964 14:09 59 years ago | 6.6 196 km | 165km / 103mi | Yamgān, 44 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Dec 12, 2005 21:47 17 years ago | 6.5 225 km | 154km / 96mi | Zebak, 96 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Nov 8, 1999 16:45 23 years ago | 6.5 228 km | 175km / 109mi | Zebak, 88 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
May 13, 1997 14:13 25 years ago | 6.5 196 km | 158km / 98mi | Yamgān, 85 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Jul 30, 1974 05:12 48 years ago | 6.5 211 km | 150km / 93mi | Yamgān, 86 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Sep 16, 1956 08:37 66 years ago | 6.5 10 km | 147km / 91mi | Jājī, Paktya Province, 20 km S of Hazro, Azrah, Logar, Afghanistan | More |
Oct 8, 2005 10:46 17 years ago | 6.4 8 km | 222km / 138mi | 9.4 km NE of Battagram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | More |
Feb 20, 1998 12:18 24 years ago | 6.4 236 km | 167km / 104mi | Yamgān, 84 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Aug 9, 1993 11:38 29 years ago | 6.4 204 km | 159km / 99mi | Yamgān, 77 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Jul 13, 1990 14:20 32 years ago | 6.4 217 km | 157km / 97mi | Yamgān, 80 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Aug 2, 1985 07:46 37 years ago | 6.4 120 km | 130km / 81mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, 106 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Feb 16, 1984 17:18 39 years ago | 6.4 208 km | 159km / 99mi | Yamgān, 79 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Dec 25, 2015 19:14 7 years ago | 6.3 204 km | 166km / 103mi | 41 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Sep 17, 2010 19:21 12 years ago | 6.3 220 km | 160km / 99mi | Yamgān, 47 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Jul 17, 2000 22:53 22 years ago | 6.3 141 km | 143km / 89mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, 98 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
May 12, 2000 23:10 22 years ago | 6.3 108 km | 107km / 67mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 127 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
Dec 17, 1997 05:51 25 years ago | 6.3 207 km | 153km / 95mi | Yamgān, 83 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Oct 18, 1995 09:30 27 years ago | 6.3 223 km | 160km / 100mi | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 83 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
Jun 30, 1994 09:23 28 years ago | 6.3 227 km | 152km / 94mi | Zebak, 101 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Sep 18, 1993 05:02 29 years ago | 6.3 113 km | 177km / 110mi | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 34 km S of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
May 20, 1992 12:20 30 years ago | 6.3 16 km | 191km / 118mi | 26 km SW of Kohat, Kohāt, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | More |
Mar 25, 1990 14:17 32 years ago | 6.3 33 km | 303km / 188mi | 56 km E of Khandūd, Wākhān, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Feb 5, 1990 05:16 33 years ago | 6.3 110 km | 232km / 144mi | Shuhadā, 60 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Aug 6, 1988 09:03 34 years ago | 6.3 195 km | 165km / 102mi | Yamgān, 84 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
May 2, 1981 16:04 41 years ago | 6.3 229 km | 154km / 96mi | Zebak, 96 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Jun 24, 1972 15:29 50 years ago | 6.3 24 km | 168km / 104mi | Guz̄argāh-e Nūr, 89 km E of Baghlan, Baghlān-e Jadīd, Baghlan, Afghanistan | More |
Sep 12, 1962 20:57 60 years ago | 6.3 35 km | 213km / 132mi | Būrkah, 33 km NE of Baghlan, Baghlān-e Jadīd, Baghlan, Afghanistan | More |
May 9, 2018 10:41 4 years ago | 6.2 103 km | 230km / 143mi | 82 km E of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Oct 29, 2009 17:44 13 years ago | 6.2 210 km | 154km / 95mi | Yamgān, 54 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Oct 22, 2009 19:51 13 years ago | 6.2 186 km | 169km / 105mi | Yamgān, 40 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Apr 3, 2007 03:35 15 years ago | 6.2 222 km | 160km / 100mi | Yamgān, 75 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Jan 3, 2002 07:05 21 years ago | 6.2 129 km | 120km / 75mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 126 km SE of Taloqan, Afghanistan | More |
Feb 25, 2001 02:21 21 years ago | 6.2 203 km | 158km / 98mi | Yamgān, 82 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Mar 5, 1990 20:47 32 years ago | 6.2 12 km | 298km / 185mi | 63 km E of Khandūd, Wākhān, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
May 5, 1987 15:40 35 years ago | 6.2 202 km | 164km / 102mi | Yamgān, 71 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Sep 12, 1983 15:42 39 years ago | 6.2 209 km | 170km / 105mi | Yamgān, 82 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Dec 28, 1974 12:11 48 years ago | 6.2 22 km | 199km / 123mi | Lower Kohistan District, 44 km N of Battagram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | More |
Sep 3, 1972 16:48 50 years ago | 6.2 30 km | 267km / 166mi | Ghizer District, 89 km NW of Lulu sard Island, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan | More |
Jan 20, 1972 11:36 51 years ago | 6.2 212 km | 152km / 95mi | Yamgān, 86 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Mar 5, 1969 19:33 53 years ago | 6.2 206 km | 154km / 96mi | Yamgān, 53 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Feb 2, 2019 12:04 4 years ago | 6.1 212 km | 166km / 103mi | 42 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Jan 31, 2018 07:07 5 years ago | 6.1 187 km | 170km / 105mi | 37 km S of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Mar 25, 2002 14:56 20 years ago | 6.1 8 km | 171km / 106mi | Khwājah Hijrān, 16 km E of Nahrin, Nahrain, Baghlan, Afghanistan | More |
Nov 23, 2001 20:43 21 years ago | 6.1 107 km | 170km / 106mi | Zebak, 32 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Oct 3, 1987 11:00 35 years ago | 6.1 95 km | 174km / 108mi | Zebak, 27 km S of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Feb 1, 1984 14:22 39 years ago | 6.1 33 km | 48km / 30mi | Qarghah’ī, Laghman, 21 km N of Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan | More |
Jan 27, 1984 13:01 39 years ago | 6.1 172 km | 157km / 97mi | Yamgān, 90 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Aug 20, 1979 03:50 43 years ago | 6.1 229 km | 171km / 106mi | Tagāb, Badakhshan, 61 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
Nov 27, 1976 21:42 46 years ago | 6.1 190 km | 170km / 105mi | Yamgān, 79 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Nov 24, 1969 17:23 53 years ago | 6.1 115 km | 250km / 156mi | 44 km N of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
Sep 2, 1957 21:27 65 years ago | 6.1 212 km | 163km / 101mi | Zebak, 43 km SW of Ashkāsham, Ishkāshim, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Dec 20, 2019 11:39 3 years ago | 6.0 204 km | 171km / 106mi | 44 km SW of Jurm, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Jan 25, 1967 01:50 56 years ago | 6.0 273 km | 208km / 129mi | 1.5 km SE of Ishqoshim, Ishkoshim, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan | More |
Mar 29, 2003 11:46 19 years ago | 5.9 114 km | 108km / 67mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 122 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
Apr 12, 2002 04:00 20 years ago | 5.9 10 km | 156km / 97mi | Khōst wa Firing, 67 km E of Baghlan, Baghlān-e Jadīd, Baghlan, Afghanistan | More |
Sep 14, 1996 08:01 26 years ago | 5.9 120 km | 115km / 72mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 130 km SE of Taloqan, Afghanistan | More |
Feb 23, 1981 08:02 41 years ago | 5.9 96 km | 161km / 100mi | Zebak, 113 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Nov 16, 1972 12:43 50 years ago | 5.9 116 km | 104km / 65mi | Parīān, 48 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
Sep 24, 1956 10:20 66 years ago | 5.9 15 km | 160km / 99mi | Jājī, Paktya Province, 27 km SW of Hazro, Azrah, Logar, Afghanistan | More |
Dec 29, 2012 17:50 10 years ago | 5.8 116 km | 78km / 48mi | Badakhshan, 46 km NW of Pārūn, Nuristan, Afghanistan | More |
Oct 25, 1990 04:53 32 years ago | 5.8 114 km | 22km / 14mi | Nūrgarām, Nuristan, 77 km N of Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan | More |
Aug 22, 1984 18:00 38 years ago | 5.8 137 km | 125km / 77mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 138 km SE of Khanabad, Afghanistan | More |
Dec 19, 1968 05:17 54 years ago | 5.8 150 km | 136km / 84mi | Warsaj, 84 km SE of Taloqan, Tāluqān, Takhar, Afghanistan | More |
Jun 11, 2012 05:29 10 years ago | 5.7 16 km | 165km / 103mi | 20 km E of Nahrin, Nahrain, Baghlan, Afghanistan | More |
Feb 27, 2010 23:21 12 years ago | 5.7 100 km | 118km / 73mi | Warsaj, Takhar, 86 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
Jan 12, 1986 20:14 37 years ago | 5.7 25 km | 142km / 88mi | Azrah, Logar, 54 km SE of Kabul, Afghanistan | More |
Nov 20, 1982 07:58 40 years ago | 5.7 25 km | 50km / 31mi | Kūz Kunaṟ, 18 km N of Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan | More |
May 9, 1971 19:26 51 years ago | 5.7 69 km | 70km / 44mi | Kāmdēsh, Nuristan, 71 km N of Assad-Abad, Asadābād, Kunar, Afghanistan | More |
Jul 23, 1954 14:45 68 years ago | 5.7 15 km | 147km / 91mi | Jājī, Paktya Province, 25 km S of Hazro, Azrah, Logar, Afghanistan | More |
Apr 24, 2013 09:25 9 years ago | 5.6 62 km | 70km / 44mi | Laghman, 25 km NW of Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan | More |
Mar 27, 2002 08:52 20 years ago | 5.6 10 km | 166km / 103mi | Khwājah Hijrān, 19 km E of Nahrin, Nahrain, Baghlan, Afghanistan | More |
Apr 2, 1987 18:45 35 years ago | 5.6 103 km | 129km / 80mi | Chitrāl, Pakistan, 80 km SW of Ishqoshim, Tajikistan | More |
Jul 3, 1984 00:58 38 years ago | 5.6 54 km | 178km / 110mi | Ishkamish, Takhar, 57 km SE of Khanabad, Khan Abad, Kunduz, Afghanistan | More |
Dec 22, 1983 05:31 39 years ago | 5.6 33 km | 180km / 112mi | Nahrīn, 8.1 km S of Nahrin, Nahrain, Baghlan, Afghanistan | More |
Dec 28, 1972 16:57 50 years ago | 5.6 64 km | 41km / 25mi | ‘Alīngār, Laghman, 34 km N of Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan | More |
May 15, 1969 20:39 53 years ago | 5.6 30 km | 52km / 32mi | Gōshtah, 37 km NE of Jalalabad, Nangarhar, Afghanistan | More |
Dec 25, 2002 19:13 20 years ago | 5.5 91 km | 107km / 67mi | Parīān, 54 km NE of Bāzārak, Panjshir, Afghanistan | More |
Feb 14, 1998 00:08 24 years ago | 5.5 219 km | 155km / 96mi | Zebak, 96 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Feb 23, 1991 12:33 31 years ago | 5.5 155 km | 140km / 87mi | Yamgān, 94 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
Oct 13, 1986 16:11 36 years ago | 5.5 117 km | 118km / 74mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, Badakhshan, 139 km SE of Taloqan, Afghanistan | More |
Jan 14, 1986 03:03 37 years ago | 5.5 245 km | 151km / 94mi | Yamgān, 95 km SE of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
May 14, 1975 22:23 47 years ago | 5.5 99 km | 121km / 75mi | Kuran Wa Munjan, 118 km S of Faizabad, Faīẕābād, Badakhshan, Afghanistan | More |
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