A light earthquake with magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 38 kilometers (24 miles) from Rasht in Tajikistan. Id of earthquake: us6000qkte. Event ids that are associated: us6000qkte. The temblor was picked up at 13:45:23 / 1:45 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 17/06/25 / 2025-06-17 13:45:23 / June 17, 2025 @ 1:45 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.7975 East, latitude 38.9126 North, depth = 10 km.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 39 km (24 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 82 km (51 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Roghun, Novobod, Rasht.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. 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: 38 km ESE of Rasht, Tajikistan.
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