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Light earthquake: M4.1 quake has struck near Kŭlob in Tajikistan

Posted by admin on August 26, 2025 0 Comments

Earthquake location 37.8407S, 69.8121WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from Kŭlob in Tajikistan. The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:16:02 / 10:16 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qxr9. Id of event: us6000qxr9. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, longitude 69.8121 East, latitude 37.8407 North, depth = 10 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 02/08/25 / 2025-08-02 22:16:02 / August 2, 2025 @ 10:16 pm.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Event epicenter was 9 km (5 miles) from Kŭlob (c. 78 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Qŭrghonteppa (c. 65 000 pop), 79 km (49 miles) from Rustāq (c. 25 600 pop), 50 km (31 miles) from Danghara (c. 22 800 pop), 15 km (10 miles) from Vose’ (c. 21 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Farkhor (c. 21 700 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Qŭrghonteppa, Ārt Khwājah, Abdurahmoni Jomí (min 5000 pop).

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

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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home 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: 8 km SSE of Kŭlob, Tajikistan.

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Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 69.8121° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.8407° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 8 km SSE of Kŭlob, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-08-02 22:16:02 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-26 04:48:53 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 259 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 26 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.964 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.63 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 214 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 us6000qxr9 Id of event.
Event Code 6000qxr9 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qxr9, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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