A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 63 kilometers (39 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us7000rl6a. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000rl6a. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 28/12/25 / 2025-12-28 09:54:55 / December 28, 2025 @ 9:54 am. The temblor was detected at 09:54:55 / 9:54 am (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 72.1437 East, latitude 37.8123 North, depth = 129.733 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 129.733 km (81 miles) below the earth’s surface.
Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khorugh. Epicenter of the earthquake was 63 km (39 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop).
There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 63 km NE of Khorugh, Tajikistan.
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