A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) strikes 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Rasht in Tajikistan on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, 70.7929° East, 38.9013° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact time and date of earthquake 13/04/25 / 2025-04-13 17:11:43 / April 13, 2025 @ 5:11 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 17:11:43 / 5:11 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: us6000q5t4. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q5t4.
Earthquake epicenter was 39 km (24 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 81 km (50 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Roghun, Novobod, Rasht (min 5000 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been eight, in the last 10 days nine, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days twenty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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