A light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 34 kilometers (21 miles) from Rasht in Tajikistan. Exact location of earthquake, 70.7548° East, 38.9424° North, depth 10 km. Event id: us6000q7fh. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q7fh. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 20/04/25 / 2025-04-20 20:34:32 / April 20, 2025 @ 8:34 pm. The temblor was detected at 20:34:32 / 8:34 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Earthquake epicenter was 34 km (21 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Roghun, Novobod, Rasht (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 34 km ESE of Rasht, Tajikistan.
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