Earlier, China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported that the main quake had a magnitude of 7.3, placing its epicenter near the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region’s border with Tajikistan.
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Tajikistan today, near the border with China, the American Seismological Institute USGS announced.
The earthquake was recorded at 05:37 (local time; 02:37 Greek time), at a focal depth of 20.5 kilometers, according to the same source.
The USGS estimated that “minimal residents” of the area — possibly even “none” — would be at risk from landslides.
According to the American institute, the epicenter of the earthquake was in Gorno Badakhshan, a semi-autonomous region that borders China and Afghanistan.
About twenty minutes after the initial earthquake, a second one of magnitude 5 was recorded.
The sparsely populated area where the epicenter was located is surrounded by the imposing Pamir Mountains.
Earlier, China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported that the main quake had a magnitude of 7.3, placing its epicenter near the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region’s border with Tajikistan.
For its part, the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) spoke of a 7.1-magnitude earthquake, however, a little later it revised downwards – to 6.1 – its estimate of its strength.
Source :Skai
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