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Light earthquake 4.1 mag, 30 km E of Khorugh, Tajikistan


Earthquake location 37.5165S, 71.8936WA light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has struck on Wednesday, 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 71.8936 East, latitude 37.5165 North, depth = 158.217 km. The temblor was reported at 20:58:40 / 8:58 pm (local time epicenter). The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 158.217 km (98 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us6000rlrv. Id of event: us6000rlrv. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact time and date of earthquake 05/11/25 / 2025-11-05 20:58:40 / November 5, 2025 @ 8:58 pm UTC/GMT.

Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ishqoshim, Khandūd, Khorugh. Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 30 km (19 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 91 km (57 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).

Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days sixty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near.

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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking 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: 30 km E of Khorugh, Tajikistan. This information 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 71.8936° East Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 37.5165° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 158.217 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 30 km E of Khorugh, Tajikistan Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-11-05 20:58:40 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-11-25 18:36:11 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 23 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 1.959 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.58 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 258 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 us6000rlrv Id of event.
Event Code 6000rlrv An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,us6000rlrv, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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