A light earthquake magnitude 4.1 (ml/mb) has occurred on Thursday, 33 kilometers (21 miles) from Khorugh in Tajikistan. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 154.359 km (96 miles). Event id: us7000qts2. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: us7000qts2. The temblor was detected at 13:52:59 / 1:52 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 04/09/25 / 2025-09-04 13:52:59 / September 4, 2025 @ 1:52 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location of event, depth 154.359 km, 71.7385° East, 37.2288° North.

Close country/countries that might be effected, Afghanistan (c. 29 121 000 pop), Tajikistan (c. 7 487 000 pop). Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Jurm, Ashkāsham, Khandūd. Earthquake epicenter was 33 km (21 miles) from Khorugh (c. 30 000 pop), 57 km (35 miles) from Ishqoshim (c. 26 000 pop), 63 km (39 miles) from Ashkāsham (c. 12 100 pop), 90 km (56 miles) from Jurm (c. 12 100 pop), 60 km (37 miles) from Khandūd (c. 5 500 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days ten and in the last 365 days one hundred and seven earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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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. 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: 33 km SSE of Khorugh, Tajikistan.

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