A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 26 kilometers (16 miles) from Rasht in Tajikistan. Unique identifier: us7000pulj. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000pulj. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 23/04/25 / 2025-04-23 21:42:51 / April 23, 2025 @ 9:42 pm. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 21:42:51 / 9:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 70.6094 East, latitude 38.8817 North, depth = 10 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 26 km (16 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 80 km (50 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 42 km (26 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Obigarm, Roghun, Novobod (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days nine and in the last 365 days twenty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 26 km SE of Rasht, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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