A light earthquake magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 57 kilometers (35 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan. Id of earthquake: us7000qe5b. Event ids that are associated: us7000qe5b. The temblor was detected at 23:13:28 / 11:13 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 199.278 km (124 miles). Exact time and date of earthquake 20/07/25 / 2025-07-20 23:13:28 / July 20, 2025 @ 11:13 pm UTC/GMT. Exact location of event, longitude 72.194 East, latitude 37.5747 North, depth = 199.278 km. 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 Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 57 km (36 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 70 km (44 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 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: 57 km E of Khorugh, Tajikistan.
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