A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 28 kilometers (17 miles) from Rasht in Tajikistan. Id of earthquake: us7000pu4t. Event ids that are associated: us7000pu4t. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 22/04/25 / 2025-04-22 05:04:19 / April 22, 2025 @ 5:04 am. The epicenter was at a depth of 10 km (6 miles). Exact location, longitude 70.7° East, latitude 39.0291° North, depth = 10 km. The temblor was reported at 05:04:19 / 5:04 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist).
Event epicenter was 28 km (17 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 93 km (58 miles) from Obigarm (c. 10 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 47 km (30 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Obigarm, Roghun, Novobod (min 5000 pop).
Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days six, in the past 30 days eight and in the last 365 days twenty-two 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.
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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage 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: 28 km E of Rasht, Tajikistan.
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