A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 82 kilometers (51 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 198.227 km (123 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 72.4379° East, 37.7247° North, depth 198.227 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qxit. Id of event: us7000qxit. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 20/09/25 / 2025-09-20 07:10:08 / September 20, 2025 @ 7:10 am. The 4.3-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 07:10:08 / 7:10 am (local time epicenter).
Earthquake epicenter was 82 km (51 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 87 km (54 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Khorugh (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. 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 fourty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. 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. Read more about the earthquake, Location, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters and details about this quake, reported near: 82 km ENE of Khorugh, Tajikistan. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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