A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Rasht in Tajikistan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.5111 East, latitude 38.893 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q0q4. Unique identifier: us7000q0q4. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Global time and date of event 22/05/25 / 2025-05-22 03:53:07 / May 22, 2025 @ 3:53 am UTC/GMT. The 4-magnitude earthquake was detected at 03:53:07 / 3:53 am (local time epicenter).
Close country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Obigarm, Roghun, Novobod (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 19 km (12 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 72 km (45 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 34 km (21 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days twenty-eight earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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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: 19 km SE of Rasht, Tajikistan.
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