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Light earthquake 4.2 mag, 38 km ESE of Rasht, Tajikistan


Earthquake location 38.9013S, 70.7929WA 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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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. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 38 km ESE of Rasht, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.2 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.7929° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.9013° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 38 km ESE 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 2025-04-13 17:11:43 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-04-28 16:51:36 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 271 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.971 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.03 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 146 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 us6000q5t4 Id of event.
Event Code 6000q5t4 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q5t4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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