A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) has occurred on Saturday, 50 kilometers (31 miles) from Rasht in Tajikistan. The temblor was detected at 15:16:53 / 3:16 pm (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 70.9045 East, latitude 38.8344 North, depth = 8.856 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.856 km (6 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us7000qca1. Unique identifier: us7000qca1. Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 12/07/25 / 2025-07-12 15:16:53 / July 12, 2025 @ 3:16 pm.
Epicenter of the event was 51 km (31 miles) from Rasht (c. 10 800 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Roghun (c. 7 700 pop), 68 km (42 miles) from Novobod (c. 5 400 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Roghun, Novobod, Rasht (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days thirty earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year.
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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. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 50 km ESE of Rasht, Tajikistan. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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