Light magnitude 3.9 earthquake at 171 km depth1 Oct 19:39 UTC: First to report: NCS after 12 minutes.I didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeOct 1, 2026 19:26:57 UTC - Local time at epicenterThursday, Oct 1, 2026, at 11:56 pm (Asia/Kolkata GMT +4:30)StatusconfirmedMagnitude3.9Depth171 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude34.541°N / 70.668°EKuz Kunar, Nangarhar, AfghanistanAlso near: Pakistan 29 km (18 mi) awaySeismic antipode34.541°S / 109.332°WShaking intensityNot feltPrimary data sourceNCS (National Center for Seismology)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeFew Clouds 22.4°C (72 F), humidity: 45%, wind: 1 m/s (3 kts) from NEEstimated seismic energy released4.5 x 1010 joules (12.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 10.7 tons of TNT) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 3.9 | about seismic energy16 minutes agoOct 1, 2026 19:26 GMT / Oct 1, 2026 11:56 pm (Kolkata time)Lat / Lng: 34.541 / 70.668: 133km E of Kabul, AfghanistanSource: NCSOther sources: RaspberryShake: 3.9 / 171 kmDetail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23404175',34.54100,70.66800,'16 minutes ago: Mag. 3.9, 133km E of Kabul, Afghanistan',html,'quakes-5-24.png',18,18,9,9,124]); 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 near the epicenter is Jalalabad, a city with more than 270,000 inhabitants in Afghanistan, in 24 km (15 mi) distance to the southwest, but it is unlikely that the quake was felt there. DistancePlaceMax. shaking intensity(*)RegionCountry24 km (15 mi)SW of epicenterJalalabad(pop: 271,900)I: Not feltJalalabad, NangarharAfghanistan38 km (23 mi)SE of epicenterMuhmand Dara(pop: 6,840)I: Not feltMohmand Darah, NangarharAfghanistan46 km (29 mi)S of epicenterMarkaz-e Woluswali-ye Achin(pop: 15,100)I: Not feltAchin, NangarharAfghanistan52 km (33 mi)SE of epicenterShinpokh(pop: 1,110)I: Not feltKhyber Agency, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan66 km (41 mi)SE of epicenterLandi Kotal(pop: 2,220)I: Not feltKhyber Agency, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan68 km (42 mi)E of epicenterInzari(pop: 10,000)I: Not feltBajaur Agency, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan82 km (51 mi)E of epicenterKhar(pop: 10,000)I: Not feltBajaur Agency, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan83 km (52 mi)NE of epicenterAsmar(pop: 15,700)I: Not feltBar Kunar, KunarAfghanistan89 km (55 mi)SE of epicenterShabqadar(pop: 66,500)I: Not feltCharsadda District, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan94 km (58 mi)E of epicenterTangi(pop: 29,400)I: Not feltCharsadda District, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan100 km (62 mi)W of epicenterTagab(pop: 6,400)I: Not feltKapisaAfghanistan103 km (64 mi)SE of epicenterPeshawar(pop: 4,758,800)I: Not feltKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan108 km (67 mi)SE of epicenterCharsadda(pop: 120,200)I: Not feltKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan108 km (67 mi)E of epicenterUtmanzai(pop: 34,300)I: Not feltCharsadda District, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan118 km (73 mi)S of epicenterHangu(pop: 36,200)I: Not feltKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan119 km (74 mi)SE of epicenterPabbi(pop: 52,700)I: Not feltNowshera District, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan120 km (74 mi)E of epicenterBat Khela(pop: 46,100)I: Not feltMalakand Protected Area, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan129 km (80 mi)SE of epicenterKohat(pop: 151,400)I: Not feltKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan130 km (81 mi)SE of epicenterAmangarh(pop: 42,100)I: Not feltNowshera District, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan132 km (82 mi)E of epicenterMardan(pop: 300,400)I: Not feltKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan133 km (83 mi)SE of epicenterNowshera Kalan(pop: 88,000)I: Not feltNowshera District, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan136 km (84 mi)NW of epicenterBazarak(pop: 65,000)I: Not feltPanjshirAfghanistan136 km (85 mi)SE of epicenterNowshera Cantonment(pop: 96,800)I: Not feltNowshera District, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan137 km (85 mi)W of epicenterKabul(pop: 4,434,600)I: Not feltKabulAfghanistan145 km (90 mi)NW of epicenterJabal Saraj(pop: 15,000)I: Not feltParwanAfghanistan147 km (91 mi)W of epicenterCharikar(pop: 53,700)I: Not feltCharikar, ParwanAfghanistan149 km (93 mi)W of epicenterIstalif(pop: 41,400)I: Not feltIstalif, KabulAfghanistan150 km (93 mi)SW of epicenterKhost(pop: 96,100)I: Not feltVelayat-e KhowstAfghanistan157 km (98 mi)E of epicenterMingora(pop: 279,900)I: Not feltSwat, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan157 km (98 mi)W of epicenterPaghman(pop: 49,200)I: Not feltKabulAfghanistan161 km (100 mi)E of epicenterTordher(pop: 150,000)I: Not feltSwabi District, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan169 km (105 mi)SW of epicenterGardez(pop: 103,600)I: Not feltWilayat-e PaktiyaAfghanistan170 km (106 mi)W of epicenterBaraki Barak(pop: 22,300)I: Not feltBaraki Barak, LogarAfghanistan172 km (107 mi)E of epicenterSwabi(pop: 97,400)I: Not feltKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan173 km (108 mi)S of epicenterBannu(pop: 1,357,900)I: Not feltKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan174 km (108 mi)W of epicenterBaraki(pop: 15,000)I: Not feltBaraki Barak, LogarAfghanistan178 km (111 mi)SE of epicenterAttock City(pop: 85,500)I: Not feltAttock District, Punjab ProvincePakistan234 km (146 mi)SW of epicenterGhazni(pop: 141,000)I: Not feltGhazniAfghanistan236 km (147 mi)NW of epicenterPul-e Khumri(pop: 56,400)I: Not feltPuli Khumri, BaghlanAfghanistan251 km (156 mi)NW of epicenterBaghlan(pop: 108,400)I: Not feltBaghlanAfghanistanNotes:(*) 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!Get the Android appCompare 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 GMT2026-10-1EpicenterAgency3.9171 km106 mi19:26:57133km E of Kabul, AfghanistanNCS (National Center for Seismology)3.9171 km106 mi19:26:57Southeastern Afghanistan0 km (0 mi) epicenter difference with NCSRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)Earthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 56 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 25.6 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 6 or higher: 0.02 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 62.5 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 0.44 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 2.3 years)Mag. 4 or higher: 12.4 quakes per yearMag. 3 or higher: 22.2 quakes per yearMag. 2 or higher: 24 quakes per yearThe area where this quake occurred has a high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 2 quakes above magnitude 6 since 1900, which suggests that larger earthquakes of this size occur infrequently, probably on average approximately every 60 to 65 years.Number of quakes per yearPrevious quakes in the same area of this earthquake