Moderate earthquake, 5.8 mag has occurred near Rasht in Tajikistan

A moderate earthquake with magnitude 5.8 (ml/mb) was reported 25 kilometers (16 miles) from Rasht in Tajikistan on Sunday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.6634 East, latitude 39.0139 North, depth = 12.587 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). All ids that are associated to the event: us6000q5q8. Unique identifier: us6000q5q8. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 12.587 km (8 miles). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 13/04/25 / 2025-04-13 04:24:01 / April 13, 2025 @ 4:24 am. The temblor was detected at 04:24:01 / 4:24 am (local time epicenter).

Nearby country/countries, Kyrgyzstan (c. 5 509 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Khaydarkan, Batken, Mŭ’minobod. The epicenter was 115 km (71 miles) from Mŭ’minobod (c. 12 000 pop), 119 km (74 miles) from Khaydarkan (c. 11 900 pop), 25 km (16 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 117 km (73 miles) from Batken (c. 10 200 pop), 89 km (55 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 73 km (46 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 44 km (28 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Earthquakes 5.0 to 6.0 may cause light damage to buildings and other structures. Each year there are an estimated 1320 moderate earthquakes in the world.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	5.8 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	70.6634° East	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	39.0139° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	12.587 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	25 km E of Rasht, Tajikistan	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-13 04:24:01	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-13 04:40:24	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	518	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	us	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,us,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	123	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.996	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	1.17 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	33	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	mww	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	us6000q5q8	Id of event.
Event Code	6000q5q8	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,us6000q5q8,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

Parameter

Value

Description

Magnitude

5.8 mb

The magnitude for the event.

Longitude

70.6634° East

Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.

Latitude

39.0139° North

Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.

Depth

12.587 km

Depth of the event in kilometers.

Place

25 km E of Rasht, Tajikistan

Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.

Time

2025-04-13 04:24:01

Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT

Updated

2025-04-13 04:40:24

Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT

Timezone offset

Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.

Felt

The total number of felt reports

CDI

The maximum reported intensity for the event.

MMI

The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.

Alert Level

The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.

Review Status

reviewed

Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.

Tsunami

This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.

SIG

518

A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.

Network

The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.

Sources

,us,

A comma-separated list of network contributors.

Number of Stations Used

123

The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.

Horizontal Distance

0.996

Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).

Root Mean Square

1.17 sec

The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.

Azimuthal Gap

The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).

Magnitude Type

mww

The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.

Event Type

earthquake

Type of seismic event.

Event ID

us6000q5q8

Id of event.

Event Code

6000q5q8

An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.

Event IDS

,us6000q5q8,

A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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