Magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes near Kurgan-Tyube, Viloyati Khatlon, Tajikistan
4.8 quake 2 Mar 12:36 am (GMT +5)

Just 12 minutes ago, a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Kurgan-Tyube, Viloyati Khatlon, Tajikistan. The tremor was recorded after midnight on Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022, at 12:36 am local time, at an intermediate to considerable depth of 259.9 km below the surface.
The event was filed by India's National Center for Seismology (NCS), the first seismological agency to report it.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Orzu (pop. 6,000) located 26 km from the epicenter, Farkhor (pop. 21,700) 27 km away, Vakhsh (pop. 15,200) 29 km away, Kolkhozobod (pop. 18,500) 40 km away, Kurgan-Tyube (pop. 65,000) 41 km away, Moskovskiy (pop. 22,100) 47 km away, Chubek (pop. 19,600) 52 km away, Hulbuk (pop. 21,700) 53 km away, and Kŭlob (pop. 78,800) 70 km away. In Duschanbe (pop. 679,400, 110 km away), the quake was probably not felt.
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Earthquake data:
Date & time: Mar 2, 2022 12:36 am (GMT +5) local time (1 Mar 2022 19:36 GMT)
Magnitude: 4.8
Depth: 259.9 km
Epicenterlatitude / longitude: 37.58°N / 69.11°E (Viloyati Khatlon, Tajikistan)
Primary data source: NCS
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