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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 13 km S of Rasht, Tajikistan

Posted by admin on April 14, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 38.9067S, 70.3798WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Monday, 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Rasht in Tajikistan. Exact location of event, depth 17.591 km, 70.3798° East, 38.9067° North. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 17.591 km (11 miles) below the earth’s surface. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 00:44:58 / 12:44 am (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000q5vs. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q5vs. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 14/04/25 / 2025-04-14 00:44:58 / April 14, 2025 @ 12:44 am. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Obigarm, Roghun, Novobod (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the event was 14 km (8 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 62 km (38 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 46 km (29 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fourteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 13 km S of Rasht, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.3798° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.9067° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 17.591 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 13 km S of Rasht, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-04-14 00:44:58 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-14 22:30:19 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt The total number of felt reports
CDI The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 284 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network us The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 58 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.987 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.72 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 124 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type mb The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID us6000q5vs Id of event.
Event Code 6000q5vs An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q5vs, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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