M 4.9 in Afghanistan on 04 Sep 2025 21:46 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1498938
Earthquake Magnitude: 4.9M
Glide number: EQ-2025-000156-AFG
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.6919 , 70.6691
Event Date: 04 Sep 2025 21:46 UTC
05 Sep 2025 02:16 Local
Exposed Population:
70 thousand in MMI V
Inserted at: 04 Sep 2025 22:07 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Afghanistan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0 0
us7000qtxh Scaled population (vector) 0  
  C1 rapid impact 0  
  C2 rapid impact 0  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 0  
Maximum expected impact using different data sources.
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Detailed event map. European Union, 2025. Map produced by EC-JRC.
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Latest media headlines

Qatar renews its commitment as active international partner 9/8/2025 8:14:00 PM.

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Russia Sends 2Nd Aid Package For Earthquake Affectees 9/8/2025 7:38:00 PM.

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Tajikistan Sends Humanitarian Aid To Earthquake-Stricken Afghanistan 9/8/2025 7:38:00 PM.

- Trend News Agency) DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, July 9. Tajikistan has sent humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan affected by the recent powerful earthquake, following instructions from President Emomali Rahmon, Trend reports via the pre
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Russia Dispatches Humanitarian Aid to Quake-Hit Afghanistan 9/8/2025 7:38:00 PM.

) Russia has dispatched a second delivery of humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan in response to a series of powerful earthquakes that recently devastated the country’s eastern region, resulting in significant casualties and destruction.
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (41), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), INFORM (2), USGS (2),