LIGHT EARTHQUAKE
23 km NNE of Jalālābād, Afghanistan
A magnitude 4.3 earthquake struck 23 km NNE of Jalālābād, Afghanistan on 31 Aug 2026, 22:01 UTC. The hypocentre was 48.2 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. 14 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.
- Depth
- 48.2 km
- Latitude
- 34.60°N
- Time
- 22:01 UTC
- Magnitude
- M4.3
shallow
70.59°E longitude
31 Aug 2026
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EPICENTRE
MAGNITUDE 4.3
Noticeable shaking of indoor objects. Damage is unlikely.
The scale is logarithmic: this released about 89 times the energy of a magnitude 3.0, roughly the energy of 43 tonnes of TNT.
48.2 KM DEEP
Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.
NEARBY IN THE PAST 30 DAYS
14 earthquakes above our reporting threshold within 250 km of this one, the largest a magnitude 4.9.
OTHER RECENT EARTHQUAKES
18 Sept 2026, 02:12 UTC · 36.3 km deep
18 Sept 2026, 01:29 UTC · 106 km deep
18 Sept 2026, 01:07 UTC · 53.9 km deep
17 Sept 2026, 22:11 UTC · 82.7 km deep