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Light earthquake, 4.1 mag was detected near Karakenja in Tajikistan


Earthquake location 39.2824S, 71.8998WA light earthquake with magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) was reported 32 kilometers (20 miles) from Karakenja in Tajikistan on Saturday. Global time and date of event 02/08/25 / 2025-08-02 06:27:36 / August 2, 2025 @ 6:27 am UTC/GMT. The temblor was detected at 06:27:36 / 6:27 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000qxlc. Id of event: us6000qxlc. 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). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.8998 East, latitude 39.2824 North, depth = 10 km.

Event epicenter was 88 km (54 miles) from Khaydarkan (c. 11 900 pop), 78 km (49 miles) from Shohimardon (c. 5 100 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Uzbekistan (c. 27 866 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khaydarkan, Shohimardon (min 5000 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been three, 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. 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.

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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 32 km E of Karakenja, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 4.1 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude 71.8998° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 39.2824° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 10 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 32 km E 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 2025-08-02 06:27:36 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-08-28 06:29:03 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 16 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.21 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.97 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 113 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 us6000qxlc Id of event.
Event Code 6000qxlc An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000qxlc, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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