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Moderate 4.9 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Tajikistan

A moderate earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale jolted Tajikistan on Monday, February 19, 2024, at 10:28 local time.

Seismologists from Kazakhstan have reported that the earthquake’s epicenter was located 628 kilometers southwest of Almaty, Tajikistan.

The quake registered a energy class of 10.1, with coordinates placing the epicenter at 39.03° N and 71.86° E, at a depth of 30 kilometers.

As of now, there is no information regarding the earthquake’s perceptibility on the MSK-64 scale within the territory of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

This event comes after recent reports of Kazakh seismologists detecting an earthquake in China.

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