M5.8 earthquake 49 km ENE of Rasht, Tajikistan
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 49 km ENE of Rasht, Tajikistan on Fri, Jul 8, 1949, 2:02 PM GMT+6 (08:02 UTC), 20 km (12 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M7.5 43 km ENE of Rasht, Tajikistan. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.8 (Mw, moment), moderate
- Magnitude from
- ISC-GEM global catalog
- Local time
- UTC
- 1949-07-08 08:02:19 UTC
- Depth
- 20.0 km (12.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 39.241° N, 70.878° E
- Region
- Tajikistan
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.31
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 2.8 and up: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 0 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 7.543 km ENE of Rasht, Tajikistan · 28211 days ago · 20 km deep · 8 km away
- 5.730 km SSW of Karakenja, Tajikistan · 28211 days ago · 20 km deep · 49 km away
- 6.146 km WSW of Karakenja, Tajikistan · 28211 days ago · 20 km deep · 27 km away
- 6.628 km SW of Karakenja, Tajikistan · 28211 days ago · 20 km deep · 37 km away
- 6.840 km WSW of Karakenja, Tajikistan · 28211 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
- 5.442 km WSW of Karakenja, Tajikistan · 28210 days ago · 20 km deep · 29 km away
- 6.040 km WSW of Karakenja, Tajikistan · 28202 days ago · 20 km deep · 21 km away
- 5.740 km SW of Karakenja, Tajikistan · 28167 days ago · 20 km deep · 34 km away
- 5.648 km E of Rasht, Tajikistan · 28161 days ago · 20 km deep · 30 km away
Earthquakes todayTajikistan earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event iscgem896639. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 11:39 AM UTC.