M5.2 earthquake 7 km ESE of Baghlān, Baghlan, Afghanistan

Name: M5.2 earthquake 7 km ESE of Baghlān, Baghlan, Afghanistan
Start: 2026-10-01T01:29:20.694Z
End: 2026-10-01T01:29:20.694Z
Location: 7 km ESE of Baghlān, Baghlan, Afghanistan

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 7 km ESE of Baghlān, Baghlan, Afghanistan at 05:59 local time (01:29 UTC) on 1 Oct 2026, at a depth of 50 km, according to USGS and GFZ.

Reported by 2 agencies · revised from M5.3

Data: USGS, GFZ · updated 2026-10-01 01:43 UTC · reviewed

Magnitude: 5.2moderate
body-wave magnitude (mb)
revised from 5.3
Depth: 49.6 km
Status: Reviewed
Origin time: 2026-10-01 01:29:20 UTC; Local: 1 Oct 2026, 05:59:20 (Asia/Kabul)
Epicentre: 36.099° N, 68.782° E

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Nearby places

Distance and estimated shaking at nearby places
Place	Distance	Est. shaking
BaghlānBaghlan, Afghanistan · pop. 108,449	7 km	IVLight
Pul-e KhumrīBaghlan, Afghanistan · pop. 56,369	19 km	IVLight
NahrīnBaghlan, Afghanistan · pop. 22,363	32 km	IVLight
KunduzAfghanistan · pop. 161,902	71 km	IIIWeak
Mazār-e SharīfBalkh, Afghanistan · pop. 523,300	164 km	IIWeak
KabulAfghanistan · pop. 4,434,550	178 km	IIWeak
JalālābādNangarhar, Afghanistan · pop. 271,900	240 km	IIWeak
DushanbeTajikistan · pop. 679,400	271 km	IIWeak

Shaking is an estimate from the intensity prediction equation of Allen, Wald & Worden (2012), not an observation. Local ground and buildings can change it by a level or more. Likely felt out to about 150 km.

Every agency's solution

Agencies locate earthquakes with their own stations and methods, so their numbers differ. We match reports of the same event by time, distance and magnitude and show them side by side. The headline uses USGS, which has been reviewed by an analyst.

Agency	Magnitude	Depth	Epicentre	Time offset	Status
GFZGFZ via GEOFON, GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences	5.3 mb	10 km	36.05° N, 68.87° E	−3.6 s	Automatic
USGSheadlineUSGS NEIC via U.S. Geological Survey	5.2 mb	49.6 km	36.10° N, 68.78° E	–	Reviewed

How big was it?

Felt by most people over a wide area. Can damage poorly built structures close to the epicentre.

It released roughly the energy of 951 t of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step means about 32 times more energy and 10 times larger waves on a seismogram. Depth matters too: at 50 km this was a shallow earthquake, which is felt more strongly at the surface than a deeper one of the same size.

Compare M5.2 with M4.2

M5.2 releases about 32× the energy of M4.2, and its waves are about 10× taller on a seismogram. Energy: 951 t of TNT vs 30 t of TNT.

Each square is the energy of one M4.2. Energy from log₁₀E = 1.5M + 4.8.

Aftershocks and nearby activity

No later earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km so far. Aftershock rates usually fall off roughly in proportion to 1/time.

Did you feel it?

Reports from people help show where shaking was strong. They are anonymous and shown here in aggregate.

Reports on SeismoAtlas

No reports yet.

Event id gfz2026texh. First recorded here 1 Oct 2026, 01:38:35 UTC. Solutions: GFZ (geofon:gfz2026texh); USGS (usgs:us6000tyny). Cite as: SeismoAtlas, “M5.2 earthquake 7 km ESE of Baghlān, Baghlan, Afghanistan”, https://seismoatlas.com/earthquake/gfz2026texh-m5-2-earthquake-7-km-ese-of-baghlan-baghlan-afghanistan, data from USGS, GFZ.

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