A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 27/02/25 / 2025-02-27 00:57:12 / February 27, 2025 @ 12:57 am. Exact location of event, longitude 72.2224 East, latitude 37.6032 North, depth = 202.155 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 202.155 km (126 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000pvqm. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000pvqm. The temblor was reported at 00:57:12 / 12:57 am (local time epicenter).
The epicenter was 60 km (37 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 73 km (45 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop). Close country/countries, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest city/cities or towns, with min 5000 pop, to epicentrum/hypocenter was Khandūd, Khorugh.
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been three, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days seven and in the last 365 days fifty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Every year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world.
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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. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 60 km ENE of Khorugh, Tajikistan.
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