(Unconfirmed) Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 140 km depth12 Nov 21:06 UTC: First to report: RaspberryShake after 16 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeNov 12, 2025 20:50:26 UTC - Local time at epicenterWednesday, Nov 12, 2025, at 08:50 pm (Universal Time GMT +0)Statusunconfirmed (automatic detection)Magnitude4.6Depth140 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude36.43°N / 71.2°EBadakhshan, AfghanistanAlso near: Pakistan 29 km (18 mi) away | Tajikistan 47 km (29 mi) awaySeismic antipode36.43°S / 108.8°WShaking intensityII Very weak shakingFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)Estimated seismic energy released5 x 1011 joules (139 megawatt hours, equivalent to 120 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 4.6 | about seismic energy16 minutes agoNov 12, 2025 20:50 GMT / Nov 12, 2025 08:50 pm (Universal Time)Lat / Lng: 36.43 / 71.2: Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border RegionSource: RaspberryShakeDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-22386293',36.43000,71.20000,'16 minutes ago: Mag. 4.6, Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region',html,'quakes-6-24.png',25,25,12,12,125]); function mkRep(id,notFelt){var nFelt=notFelt||false;var src="https://www.volcanoesandearthquakes.com/app/earthquake-report.php?quakeId="+id;if(nFelt==true){src+="¬Felt=true";}window.open(src,"","status=0,toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,height=400,width=350");} function locationHashChanged(e){-1!=e.oldURL.indexOf("#popupMap")&&closePopup()} window.onhashchange = locationHashChanged; function comment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=(t.dataset.id,document.getElementById("commentForm"));"none"==a.style.display?(t.appendChild(a),a.style.display="block"):a.style.display="none"}function sendComment(e){var t=e.parentNode,a=t.parentNode.dataset.id,n=document.getElementById("commentContent"),p=n.value.trim();if(p){var o="id="+a+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId;o+="&comment="+decodeURIComponent(p),mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",o,function(e){e.responseText;alert("Thank you for submitting your comment!"),t.style.display="none",n.value=""})}}function flagReport(e){var t=e.parentNode.dataset.id;if(confirm("Report this as inappropriate?")){var a="id="+t+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&flagAsInappropriate=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",a,function(t){var a=t.responseText;alert(a),e.style.display="none"})}}function likeReport(e){var t="id="+e.parentNode.dataset.id+"&quakeId="+thisQuakeId+"&like=1";mkRequest("//reports.volcanodiscovery.com/app/eqReportComment.php","post",t,function(t){t.responseText;e.style.opacity=.5})}]]>[smaller] [bigger]Most recent quakes Top 20 past 24 hrs Quakes in AfghanistanNearby placesThe closest larger town where the quake might have been felt is Fayzabad, a town with 44,000 inhabitants in Afghanistan, in 94 km (59 mi) distance northwest of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Several smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking. In the capital of Tajikistan, Dushanbe, 317 km (197 mi) away from the epicenter, the earthquake was probably felt as very weak shaking.The following table shows some of the places that might have been affected (or not) by the shaking.DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry41 km (25 mi)NE of epicenterAshkasham(pop: 12,100)II: Very weakIshkashim, BadakhshanAfghanistan49 km (31 mi)NE of epicenterIshqoshim(pop: 26,000)II: Very weakGorno-BadakhshanTajikistan58 km (36 mi)NW of epicenterJurm(pop: 12,100)II: Very weakBadakhshanAfghanistan94 km (59 mi)NW of epicenterFayzabad(pop: 44,400)II: Very weakBadakhshanAfghanistan115 km (72 mi)NE of epicenterKhandud(pop: 5,520)II: Very weakWakhan, BadakhshanAfghanistan121 km (75 mi)W of epicenterFarkhar(pop: 10,500)II: Very weakTakharAfghanistan122 km (76 mi)N of epicenterKhorugh(pop: 30,500)II: Very weakGorno-BadakhshanTajikistan142 km (88 mi)SE of epicenterThal(pop: 29,300)II: Very weakUpper Dir District, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan145 km (90 mi)NW of epicenterRustaq(pop: 25,600)II: Very weakTakharAfghanistan149 km (93 mi)SE of epicenterUpper Dir(pop: 29,900)II: Very weakKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan153 km (95 mi)W of epicenterTaloqan(pop: 64,300)II: Very weakTaluqan, TakharAfghanistan156 km (97 mi)S of epicenterAsmar(pop: 15,700)II: Very weakBar Kunar, KunarAfghanistan170 km (105 mi)NW of epicenterArt Khwajah(pop: 18,600)II: Very weakDasht-e Qal'ah, TakharAfghanistan173 km (108 mi)S of epicenterAsadabad(pop: 48,400)II: Very weakKunarAfghanistan189 km (117 mi)W of epicenterKhanabad(pop: 71,500)II: Very weakKhanabad, KunduzAfghanistan190 km (118 mi)W of epicenterNahrin(pop: 22,400)II: Very weakBaghlanAfghanistan196 km (122 mi)SW of epicenterBazarak(pop: 65,000)II: Very weakPanjshirAfghanistan207 km (129 mi)NW of epicenterKulob(pop: 214,700)II: Very weakViloyati KhatlonTajikistan212 km (131 mi)SE of epicenterMingora(pop: 279,900)II: Very weakSwat, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan212 km (132 mi)W of epicenterKunduz(pop: 161,900)II: Very weakKunduzAfghanistan213 km (133 mi)S of epicenterBat Khela(pop: 46,100)II: Very weakMalakand Protected Area, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan215 km (134 mi)SW of epicenterMehtar Lam(pop: 17,300)II: Very weakMehtar Lam, LaghmanAfghanistan226 km (140 mi)W of epicenterBaghlan(pop: 108,400)II: Very weakBaghlanAfghanistan229 km (143 mi)SW of epicenterJabal Saraj(pop: 15,000)II: Very weakParwanAfghanistan229 km (143 mi)W of epicenterPul-e Khumri(pop: 56,400)II: Very weakPuli Khumri, BaghlanAfghanistan233 km (145 mi)W of epicenterQarawul(pop: 24,500)II: Very weakImam Sahib, KunduzAfghanistan233 km (145 mi)S of epicenterJalalabad(pop: 271,900)II: Very weakJalalabad, NangarharAfghanistan242 km (150 mi)SW of epicenterCharikar(pop: 53,700)II: Very weakCharikar, ParwanAfghanistan248 km (154 mi)S of epicenterShabqadar(pop: 66,500)II: Very weakCharsadda District, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan255 km (159 mi)SE of epicenterBattagram(pop: 700,000)II: Very weakKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan259 km (161 mi)S of epicenterCharsadda(pop: 95,300)II: Very weakKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan260 km (162 mi)S of epicenterMardan(pop: 300,400)II: Very weakKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan266 km (165 mi)NW of epicenterBokhtar(pop: 110,800)II: Very weakViloyati KhatlonTajikistan272 km (169 mi)S of epicenterPeshawar(pop: 1,218,800)II: Very weakKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan280 km (174 mi)S of epicenterNowshera Cantonment(pop: 96,800)II: Very weakNowshera District, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan280 km (174 mi)SW of epicenterKabul(pop: 4,434,600)II: Very weakKabulAfghanistan282 km (175 mi)SE of epicenterSwabi(pop: 97,400)II: Very weakKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan286 km (178 mi)W of epicenterAibak(pop: 47,800)II: Very weakAibak, SamanganAfghanistan289 km (179 mi)SW of epicenterPaghman(pop: 49,200)II: Very weakKabulAfghanistan317 km (197 mi)NW of epicenterDushanbe(pop: 679,400)II: Very weakDushanbeTajikistanNotes:(*) Shaking intensity according to the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale (MMI) and estimated using seismic models.User-reports for this quakeThere are no user reports for this quake yet.If you felt it, be the first to report it!Compare Quake DataData for the same earthquake as reported by different agenciesThe more agencies report about the same quake and post similar data, the more confidence you can have in the data. It takes normally up to a few hours until earthquake parameters are calculated with near-optimum precision.MagDepthTime GMT2025-11-12EpicenterAgency4.6140 km87 mi20:50:26Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border RegionRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)Aftershocks for this quakeNo aftershocks have been recorded so far. When aftershocks are detected, we will update this section.What are aftershocks?Larger earthquakes (above magnitude 5 or so) such as this one are usually followed by smaller ones known as aftershocks that occur in the same area during the days, weeks, months or even years after the main shock.[More info]What about this quake?Based on its magnitude, the fault that was active during the quake likely ruptured beneath a surface area of approximately 4 km2 (2 square miles) as a first-order estimate. The length of the rupture zone thus was probably around 3 km (2 mi).[More info]Recorded aftershocks, latest first (0 quake)Nov 12, 2025 08:50 pm (Universal Time)16 minutes ago4.6140 km0 km - This quakeAfghanistan-Tajikistan Border RegionMain Shock (this quake)MoreMap of aftershocksEarthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 25 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 323 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.16 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 6.3 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.99 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 6.7 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 156 quakes per year (or 13 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 256 quakes per year (or 21.3 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 314 quakes per year (or 26.2 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 322 quakes per year (or 26.8 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 20 quakes above magnitude 7 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 5 to 10 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake