Tajikistan

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook a lightly populated, remote part of Tajikistan early Thursday near China's far western Xinjiang region.

China Earthquake Networks Center said the quake was 7.2 magnitude and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep. It was 67 kilometers (41 miles) west of Murghob, Tajikistan, and 20 kilometers (12 miles) below ground, according to the U.S. [earthquake](https://abcnews.go.com/alerts/TurkeySyriaEarthquake) shook a lightly populated, remote part of Tajikistan early Thursday near [China](https://abcnews.go.com/alerts/Taiwan)’s far western Xinjiang region.

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Tajikistan, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.

[6.8 magnitude earthquake](https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1227583) was recorded in Tajikistan, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Tajikistan on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said.

A 5.0-magnitude aftershock hit the area about 20 minutes after the initial quake. A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Tajikistan on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said. 6.8-magnitude quake hits eastern Tajikistan —USGS

A series of earthquakes shook Tajikistan on Thursday morning, the strongest of which measured at magnitude 6.8, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit the Tajikistan-China border early Thursday, according to China Earthquake Network Center (CENC).

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook a lightly populated, remote part of Tajikistan early Thursday near China's far western Xinjiang region.

China Earthquake Networks Center said the quake was 7.2 magnitude and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep. [population](https://phys.org/tags/population/) of a few thousand people high in the Pamir Mountains. It was 67 kilometers (41 miles) west of Murghob, Tajikistan, and 20 kilometers (12 miles) below ground, according to the U.S.

A series of earthquakes shook Tajikistan on the morning of February 23, with the strongest measured at magnitude 6.8, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). However, local reports said the epicentre was in a sparsely populated area.

[scale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale) does not proportionally represent the strength of the earthquake in question. Murghob is a district capital with a population of a few thousand people high in the Pamir Mountains. The first quake was described by experts as strong, the second as moderate. A series of earthquakes shook Tajikistan on the morning of February 23, with the strongest measured at magnitude 6.8, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). Though, the earthquakes, which occurred around 0540 (local time) in the eastern Gorno-Badakshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), were felt in the capital Dushanbe, the biggest tremors were close to the country’s border with China’s far western Xinjiang region. Reuters noted the area is home to Sarez lake, formed as a result of an earthquake in 1911, meaning vast areas in several countries could potentially be exposed to flooding.

The quake struck at about 5:37am (00:37 GMT) on Thursday about 65km (40 miles) west of Murghob near the border with China's Xinjiang province, USGS and the ...

The area has experienced at least 18 earthquakes of a magnitude 6.5 or larger over the last century. The China Earthquake Networks Center said it was a magnitude 7.2 quake, with the epicentre 10km (6 miles) deep. [earthquakes](/features/2023/2/9/holdexplainer-how-do-earthquakes-happen) has hit a remote region of Tajikistan bordering China, with the strongest temblor measured at magnitude 6.8, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook a lightly populated, remote part of Tajikistan early Thursday near China's far western Xinjiang region.

China Earthquake Networks Center said the quake was 7.2 magnitude and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep. The quake was strongly felt across the border in some areas of Kashgar prefecture and Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang, but no casualties or damage has been reported so far, state media CCTV said, citing local information officers. BEIJING — A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook a lightly populated, remote part of Tajikistan early Thursday near China’s far western Xinjiang region.