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Earthquake Strikes Tajikistan


(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, April 14. The earthquake has been registered in Tajikistan on April 14 at 05:44 local time, Trend reports via the Geophysical Service of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan.

The epicenter was located 156 kilometers northeast of the capital, Dushanbe, and 18 kilometers east of the Rasht district.

The tremors registered a magnitude of 3–4 in the epicenter area and around 3 in the Rasht district. According to preliminary information, there have been no reports of casualties or damage from this latest seismic activity.

Meanwhile, a stronger earthquake occurred in Tajikistan a day earlier, on April 13, with a magnitude of 6.1. The epicenter of that quake was located approximately 170 kilometers south of Khujand, at a depth of 15 kilometers. Preliminary assessments indicate that 94 residential houses were damaged.

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