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Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 22 km SSE of Rasht, Tajikistan


Earthquake location 38.8281S, 70.4333WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 22 kilometers (14 miles) from Rasht in Tajikistan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/07/25 / 2025-07-15 15:58:35 / July 15, 2025 @ 3:58 pm. Exact location of event, longitude 70.4333 East, latitude 38.8281 North, depth = 10 km. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qct2. Id of event: us7000qct2. The temblor was picked up at 15:58:35 / 3:58 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Mŭ’minobod, Obigarm, Roghun (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). The epicenter was 87 km (54 miles) from Mŭ’minobod (c. 12 000 pop), 23 km (14 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 64 km (40 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 32 km (20 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twenty-seven 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 22 km SSE of Rasht, Tajikistan.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.3 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 70.4333° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 38.8281° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 22 km SSE 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 2025-07-15 15:58:35 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-07-15 18:21:17 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 38 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.012 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 1.23 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 119 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 us7000qct2 Id of event.
Event Code 7000qct2 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us7000qct2, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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