M 5.2 in Afghanistan on 05 Sep 2025 17:25 UTC

Event summary

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

GDACS ID EQ 1499045
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.2M
Glide number: EQ-2025-000159-AFG
Depth: 10 Km
Lat/Lon: 34.549 , 70.6696
Event Date: 05 Sep 2025 17:25 UTC
05 Sep 2025 21:55 Local
Exposed Population:
70 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 10 Sep 2025 21:26 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
7.5 (Afghanistan)

GDACS Score

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 1.2 1.2
us7000qu8p Scaled population (vector) 1.11  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1.29  
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

UN issues emergency funding appeal to help survivors of devastating Af.. 9/9/2025 4:55:00 PM.

Civil defense workers, locals, and army soldiers prepare to evacuate injured victims of an earthquake that killed hundreds and destroyed numerous villages in eastern Afghanistan, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Pho
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UN issues funding appeal for survivors of Afghanistan earthquake 9/9/2025 4:54:00 PM.

The United Nations is issuing an emergency appeal for nearly $140 million (€119 million) in desperately needed funding to help nearly half a million people affected by the devastating earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan. Afghan autho
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UN Warns of Cholera Risk Among Afghan Earthquake Survivors 9/9/2025 4:48:00 PM.

The UN has warned that earthquake survivors in eastern Afghanistan face a high risk of cholera as 92 percent lack toilets, clean water, and basic healthcare. The United Nations has raised alarms over dire sanitation and health conditions in
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UN Appeals for $139 Million to Aid Afghanistan Earthquake Survivors 9/9/2025 4:48:00 PM.

The United Nations has appealed for $139 million to deliver urgent shelter, food, healthcare, and support to nearly half a million survivors of Afghanistan’s deadly earthquakes. The United Nations has announced that it requires more than US
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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),