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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 19 km NE of Karakenja, Tajikistan


Earthquake location 39.3546S, 71.6852WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Karakenja in Tajikistan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 24/06/25 / 2025-06-24 06:36:21 / June 24, 2025 @ 6:36 am. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000q8d7. Unique identifier: us7000q8d7. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The 4.3-magnitude earthquake was detected at 06:36:21 / 6:36 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 71.6852 East, latitude 39.3546 North, depth = 0.094 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 0.094 km (0 miles).

Epicenter of the earthquake was 72 km (45 miles) from Khaydarkan (c. 11 900 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Shohimardon (c. 5 100 pop). Close country/countries, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khaydarkan, Shohimardon.

Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days three, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days twenty-seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 19 km NE of Karakenja, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.6852° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.3546° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 0.094 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 19 km NE of Karakenja, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-06-24 06:36:21 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-14 11:33:07 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.151 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.14 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 131 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 us7000q8d7 Id of event.
Event Code 7000q8d7 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000q8d7, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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