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Light earthquake, 4.3 mag has occurred near Rasht in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 38.8614S, 70.7026WA light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has struck on Sunday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Rasht in Tajikistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 70.7026° East, 38.8614° North, depth 10 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was reported at 05:06:07 / 5:06 am (local time epicenter). Event id: us6000q5qi. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000q5qi. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 13/04/25 / 2025-04-13 05:06:07 / April 13, 2025 @ 5:06 am.

Close 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). Epicenter of the event was 34 km (21 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 88 km (54 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 51 km (31 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop).

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been eleven, in the last 10 days twelve, in the past 30 days thirteen and in the last 365 days twenty-six earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. 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: 33 km ESE of Rasht, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.7026° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.8614° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 33 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 05:06:07 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-08 05:52:26 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 37 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.051 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.84 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 99 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 us6000q5qi Id of event.
Event Code 6000q5qi An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000q5qi, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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