Moderate magnitude 4.6 earthquake at 175 km depth22 Oct 10:15 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 8 minutes.22 Oct 10:24: Now using data updates from USGSI didn't feel itI felt this quakeEarthquake detailsDate & timeOct 22, 2026 10:07:41 UTC - Local time at epicenterThursday, Oct 22, 2026, at 02:37 pm (GMT +4:30)Statusconfirmed (manually revised)Magnitude4.59Depth175 kmEpicenter latitude / longitude36.677°N / 71.3996°EIshkashim, Badakhshan, AfghanistanAlso near: Tajikistan 16.7 km (10 mi) away | Pakistan 31 km (19 mi) awaySeismic antipode36.677°S / 108.6°WQuality79 seismic stationsShaking intensityII Very weak shakingFelt0 reportsPrimary data sourceUSGS (United States Geological Survey)Weather at epicenter at time of quakeClear Sky 11°C (52 F), humidity: 20%, wind: 2 m/s (4 kts) from NWEstimated 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 energy21 minutes agoOct 22, 2026 10:07 GMT / Oct 22, 2026 02:37 pm (GMT +4:30)Lat / Lng: 36.677 / 71.3996: 11 km W of Ashkāsham, AfghanistanSource: USGSOther sources: RaspberryShake: 4.6 / 162 km, NCS: 4.7 / 176 km, 1 more...Detail info | You felt it? - Report it!';storedMarkers.push(['quake-23456208',36.67700,71.39960,'21 minutes ago: Mag. 4.6, 11 km W of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan',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 Chitral, a town with 57,000 inhabitants in Pakistan, in 98 km (61 mi) distance south of the epicenter. People likely experienced very weak shaking there. Many smaller towns and villages are located closer to the epicenter and might have experienced stronger shaking. In the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul, 313 km (194 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(*)RegionCountry12 km (7 mi)E of epicenterAshkasham(pop: 12,100)II: Very weakIshkashim, BadakhshanAfghanistan20 km (12 mi)E of epicenterIshqoshim(pop: 26,000)II: Very weakGorno-BadakhshanTajikistan55 km (34 mi)NW of epicenterJurm(pop: 23,100)II: Very weakBadakhshanAfghanistan57 km (35 mi)NW of epicenterBaharak(pop: 32,600)II: Very weakBadakhshanAfghanistan87 km (54 mi)E of epicenterKhandud(pop: 5,520)II: Very weakWakhan, BadakhshanAfghanistan88 km (55 mi)NW of epicenterFayzabad(pop: 44,400)II: Very weakBadakhshanAfghanistan89 km (55 mi)SE of epicenterBuni(pop: 50,000)II: Very weakChitral District, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan91 km (57 mi)N of epicenterKhorugh(pop: 30,500)II: Very weakGorno-BadakhshanTajikistan98 km (61 mi)S of epicenterChitral(pop: 57,200)II: Very weakKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan138 km (86 mi)W of epicenterFarkhar(pop: 10,500)II: Very weakTakharAfghanistan148 km (92 mi)W of epicenterRustaq(pop: 25,600)II: Very weakTakharAfghanistan153 km (95 mi)SE of epicenterThal(pop: 29,300)II: Very weakUpper Dir District, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan166 km (103 mi)W of epicenterTaloqan(pop: 64,300)II: Very weakTaluqan, TakharAfghanistan169 km (105 mi)S of epicenterUpper Dir(pop: 29,900)II: Very weakKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan177 km (110 mi)W of epicenterArt Khwajah(pop: 18,600)II: Very weakDasht-e Qal'ah, TakharAfghanistan183 km (114 mi)S of epicenterAsmar(pop: 15,700)II: Very weakBar Kunar, KunarAfghanistan198 km (123 mi)NW of epicenterKulob(pop: 214,700)II: Very weakViloyati KhatlonTajikistan202 km (125 mi)S of epicenterAsadabad(pop: 48,400)II: Very weakKunarAfghanistan204 km (127 mi)W of epicenterKhanabad(pop: 71,500)II: Very weakKhanabad, KunduzAfghanistan214 km (133 mi)W of epicenterNahrin(pop: 22,400)II: Very weakBaghlanAfghanistan227 km (141 mi)W of epicenterKunduz(pop: 161,900)II: Very weakKunduzAfghanistan228 km (141 mi)SW of epicenterBazarak(pop: 65,000)II: Very weakPanjshirAfghanistan228 km (142 mi)SE of epicenterMingora(pop: 279,900)II: Very weakSwat, Khyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan241 km (149 mi)W of epicenterQarawul(pop: 24,500)II: Very weakImam Sahib, KunduzAfghanistan248 km (154 mi)SW of epicenterMehtar Lam(pop: 17,300)II: Very weakMehtar Lam, LaghmanAfghanistan248 km (154 mi)W of epicenterBaghlan(pop: 108,400)II: Very weakBaghlanAfghanistan254 km (158 mi)W of epicenterPul-e Khumri(pop: 56,400)II: Very weakPuli Khumri, BaghlanAfghanistan261 km (162 mi)SW of epicenterJabal Saraj(pop: 15,000)II: Very weakParwanAfghanistan265 km (164 mi)S of epicenterJalalabad(pop: 271,900)II: Very weakJalalabad, NangarharAfghanistan266 km (165 mi)NW of epicenterBokhtar(pop: 110,800)II: Very weakViloyati KhatlonTajikistan266 km (166 mi)SE of epicenterBattagram(pop: 700,000)II: Very weakKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan273 km (170 mi)SW of epicenterCharikar(pop: 53,700)II: Very weakCharikar, ParwanAfghanistan274 km (170 mi)E of epicenterGilgit(pop: 216,800)II: Very weakGilgit-BaltistanPakistan282 km (175 mi)S of epicenterMardan(pop: 300,400)II: Very weakKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan283 km (176 mi)S of epicenterCharsadda(pop: 120,200)II: Very weakKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan293 km (182 mi)SW of epicenterIstalif(pop: 41,400)II: Very weakIstalif, KabulAfghanistan297 km (185 mi)S of epicenterPeshawar(pop: 4,758,800)II: Very weakKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan301 km (187 mi)S of epicenterSwabi(pop: 97,400)II: Very weakKhyber PakhtunkhwaPakistan310 km (193 mi)NW of epicenterDushanbe(pop: 679,400)II: Very weakDushanbeTajikistan313 km (194 mi)SW of epicenterKabul(pop: 4,434,600)II: Very weakKabulAfghanistanNotes:(*) 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 GMT2026-10-22EpicenterAgency4.59175 km108 mi10:07:41.74911 km W of Ashkāsham, AfghanistanUSGS (United States Geological Survey)4.6162 km101 mi10:07:41Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region8.6 km (5.3 mi) epicenter difference with USGSRaspberryShake (RaspberryShake)4.7176 km109 mi10:07:40100km ESE of Fayzabad, Afghanistan12 km (7.4 mi) epicenter difference with USGSNCS (National Center for Seismology)4.6162 km101 mi±3.6 km10:07:41.27±0.3sAfghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region8.7 km (5.4 mi) epicenter difference with USGSEpicenter uncertainty: ± 2.8 kmGFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)4.6175 km108 mi10:07:41.749HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN0 km (0 mi) epicenter difference with USGSEMSC (European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre)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)Oct 22, 2026 02:37 pm (GMT +4:30)21 minutes ago4.6175 km0 km - This quake88 km SE of Fayzabad, Badakhshan, AfghanistanMain Shock (this quake)MoreMap of aftershocksEarthquake statisticsAverage number of earthquakesBased on data from the past 26 years and our earthquake archive back to 1900, there are about 397 quakes on average per year in the area near the epicenter of this quake (within 100 km/61 mi):Mag. 7 or higher: 0.11 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 9.1 years)Mag. 6 or higher: 0.66 quakes per year (or 1 quake every 1.5 years)Mag. 5 or higher: 6.2 quakes per yearMag. 4 or higher: 166 quakes per year (or 13.9 quakes per month)Mag. 3 or higher: 315 quakes per year (or 26.3 quakes per month)Mag. 2 or higher: 384 quakes per year (or 32 quakes per month)Mag. 1 or higher: 395 quakes per year (or 32.9 quakes per month)The area where this quake occurred has a very high level of seismic activity. It has had at least 14 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