A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Rasht in Tajikistan. All ids that are associated to the event: us7000p0mp. Unique identifier: us7000p0mp. Exact location, longitude 70.7506° East, latitude 39.1466° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was picked up at 19:36:31 / 7:36 pm (local time epicenter). The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 21/12/24 / 2024-12-21 19:36:31 / December 21, 2024 @ 7:36 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Epicenter of the earthquake was 35 km (22 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 86 km (54 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 54 km (34 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Roghun, Novobod, Rasht.
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days twelve 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. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.
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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: 35 km ENE of Rasht, Tajikistan.
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