M 5.8 in Tajikistan on 13 Apr 2025 04:24 UTC

Event summary

This earthquake can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID EQ 1477013
Earthquake Magnitude: 5.8M
Glide number: EQ-2025-000049-TJK
Depth: 8 Km
Lat/Lon: 38.98 , 70.7895
Event Date: 13 Apr 2025 04:24 UTC
13 Apr 2025 09:24 Local
Exposed Population: 30 thousand in MMI VI
Inserted at: 16 Apr 2025 21:22 UTC
INFORM Coping capacity:
5.1 (Tajikistan)

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  Earthquake
(Rapid Impact)		 GDACS score
NEIC 0.1 0.6
us6000q5q8 Scaled population (vector) 0.85  
  C1 rapid impact -0.59  
  C2 rapid impact 0.53  
  Country Vulnerability 0  
  INFORM_normalised 1  
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Tajikistan - Earthquake (ECHO 15 Apr 2025)Mon, 14 Apr 2025 10:11

  • An earthquake of 5.8 M at a depth of 12.6 km occurred on 13 April at 04.24 UTC (9.24 local time) in the district of Tajikistan, central Tajikistan. The epicentre was located about 25 km east of Rasht district. An aftershock of 4.7 M has been recorded in the same area at 14.34 UTC.
  • USGS PAGER estimates that up to 36,000 people were exposed to strong shaking, and 122,000 to moderate shaking.
  • According to media, as of 14 April, one child died in the Rasht district due to a collapsed building, and 29 houses have been damaged across Safedkunda, Gulkhani, Kul, and Askalon villages in the same district, and Buston, Anvar Qalandarov, and Ganishob of the Tojikobod district.
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Exposed population

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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (48), (3), NEIC (4), OCHA (1), INGV (1), WMO (1), USGS (5), INFORM (2),