Mw 6.0 HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN on August 31st 2025 at 19:17 UTC

Last update: 1 September 2025 at 07:52 UTC


 

Earthquake details | Seismic information | Aftershocks locations
Eyewitnesses data | Send us pictures or videos

 

Earthquake details

An earthquake of magnitude Mw 6.0 hit HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN, 52 km NNE of Jalālābād, Afghanistan on August 31st 2025 at 19:17 UTC (at 23:47 in local time). Seismological information is available here.

At the time of this report, several buildings are damaged and local authorities report more than 600 victims. 

7 earthquakes with magnitude M>4 have been recorded in the past 12 hours from the earthquake onset. The majority of them have been felt by the population.

If you felt this earthquake, please share your experience with us. Your testimony will be useful to update the Intensity map here below, where the felt intensities represent the effects of the earthquake over the impacted area.

 

Seismic information
Past Regional Seismicity as from the ISC catalogue (1964-2004) and EMSC Real Time catalogue (2005-today) Moment tensors solutions received at EMSC
Aftershocks

After a large earthquake, many smaller earthquakes can occur in the area of the main shock. They are called aftershocks and are caused by the adjustment of the crust to the effects of the main shock. If you are in the affected area, please remain cautious.

Eyewitnesses observations

The EMSC collects testimonies from people who felt the earthquake. This information is collected through the LastQake mobile application, mobile or desktop website. The map below shows the testimonies collected by the EMSC for the main shock. Each coloured dot corresponds to a witness observation, which we call a "felt report". The redder the dot, the more intense the earthquake was felt.
By aggregating the reports, we can quickly map the effetcs of the earthquake.

Felt Report Map

This graph shows the change in intensity as a function of distance from the epicentre. Intensity ranges from 1 to 12 and measures the observed effects of the earthquake in terms of shaking and damage at a given location. An earthquake is therefore associated with one magnitude and a variety of intensities, depending on where it is observed. For example, we can see that at a distance of 300 km from the epicentre, the average intensity is around 4. Moreover you can notice the general trend that the further you are from the epicenter, the less intensively you feel the earthquake.
Send us pictures or videos

The EMSC also collects photos and videos from eyewitnesses. Combined with geolocation, these provide a picture of the situation and damage on the ground.