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Wed, 27 Aug 2025, 13:37 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

An intermediate magnitude 5.4 earthquake was reported in the afternoon near Ashkasham, Ishkashim District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan.
According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), the quake hit on Wednesday, August 27th, 2025, at 5:27 pm local time at an intermediate depth of 125. km. The strength of the earthquake may have been tempered by its relative great depth below the surface, which makes it feel weaker in absolute terms. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake which listed the quake at magnitude 5.4 as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include France’s Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) at magnitude 5.4, and the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) at magnitude 5.3.
Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have

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Date and TimeMag
DepthDistanceLocationDetailsMap Aug 25, 04:39 am (GMT +4:30)

4.4

108 km24 km (15 mi) to the SE 43 km S of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan  I FELT IT InfoAug 20, 06:23 am (GMT +4:30)

4.0

158 km14 km (8.6 mi) to the W 44 km SW of Ashkāsham, Afghanistan InfoAug 19, 09:49 am (GMT +4:30)

5.1

202 km38 km (24 mi) to the W 75 km south of Fayzabad, Badakhshan, Afghanistan 8 reportsInfoAug 16, 10:05 pm (GMT +4:30)

4.7

108 km75 km (46 mi) to the N 45 km SSW of Khorugh, Tajikistan 1 reportInfoAug 7, 03:58 am (GMT +4:30)

4.3

187 km39 km (24 mi) to the W 71 km south of Fayzabad, Badakhshan, Afghanistan InfoApr 19, 11:17 am (GMT +4:30)

5.7

98 km30 km (19 mi) to the S Badakhshan, Afghanistan 102 reportsInfoApr 16, 03:43 am (GMT +4:30)

5.6

99 km85 km (53 mi) to the SW Badakhshan, 202 km northeast of Kabul, Kabul, Afghanistan 167 reportsInfoOct 16, 2024 11:26 pm (GMT +4:30)

5.9

205 km64 km (39 mi) to the W 44 km SSW of Jurm, Afghanistan 34 reportsInfoJan 11, 2024 01:50 pm (GMT +4:30)

6.4

204 km60 km (37 mi) to the W 69 km south of Fayzabad, Badakhshan, Afghanistan 86 reportsInfoAug 6, 2023 05:02 am (GMT +4:30)

5.3

218 km54 km (34 mi) to the W Badakhshan, Afghanistan 83 reportsInfoMar 21, 2023 09:17 pm (GMT +4:30)

6.5

192 km31 km (19 mi) to the W 74 km southeast of Fayzabad, Badakhshan, Afghanistan 5510 reportsInfoApr 10, 2016 02:58 pm (GMT +4:30)

6.5

209 km4.7 km (2.9 mi) to the NW Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region 312 reportsInfoDec 7, 2015 12:50 pm (Dushanbe)

7.1

11 km233 km (145 mi) to the NE 137 km northeast of Khorugh,

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Wed, 27 Aug 2025, 13:19 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported a magnitude 5.2 quake in Taiwan near Yilan, Yilan County, Taiwan, only 7 minutes ago. The earthquake hit in the evening on Wednesday, August 27th, 2025, at 9:11 pm local time at an intermediate depth of 98. km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake as well.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake should not have caused any significant damage, but was probably felt by many people as light vibration in the area of the epicenter.
Weak shaking might have been felt in Yilan (pop. 94,200) located 17 km from the epicenter, Xizhi (pop. 204,600) 45 km away, Keelung (pop. 397,500) 47 km away, Neihu (pop. 271,600) 51 km away, Taipei (pop. 7,871,900) 53 km away, Banqiao (pop. 543,300) 55 km away, Shulin (pop. 180,000) 57 km away, New Taipei City (pop. 4,004,400) 59 km away, Sanxia (pop. 115,200) 59 km away, and Yingge (pop. 87,900) 62 km away.
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