A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Monday, 31 kilometers (19 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan. The temblor was detected at 04:56:36 / 4:56 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 152.252 km (95 miles). Exact location of earthquake, 71.8015° East, 37.289° North, depth 152.252 km. Global time and date of event 03/02/25 / 2025-02-03 04:56:36 / February 3, 2025 @ 4:56 am UTC/GMT. Unique identifier: us7000paxz. Ids that are associated to the event: us7000paxz.
The epicenter was 31 km (19 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 65 km (40 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 71 km (44 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 59 km (37 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Ashkāsham, Ishqoshim, Khandūd. 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 five, in the last 10 days seven, in the past 30 days fifteen and in the last 365 days ninety-three earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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