A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has occurred on Sunday, 49 kilometers (30 miles) from Rasht in Tajikistan. The temblor was picked up at 22:44:52 / 10:44 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude 70.9196 East, latitude 38.8899 North, depth = 22.478 km. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 06/04/25 / 2025-04-06 22:44:52 / April 6, 2025 @ 10:44 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000q4fw. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000q4fw. The epicenter was at a depth of 22.478 km (14 miles).
Event epicenter was 50 km (31 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Novobod, Rasht (min 5000 pop).
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 seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 49 km ESE of Rasht, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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