Mild tremor jolts Tajik capital today tomorrow

DUSHANBE, July 6, Asia-Plus – Quite a mild tremor measuring 2.5 on the Richter scale hit Dushanbe today, at around 8:57 a.m., according to information from the Republican Seismological Station. The source says the tremor could be felt in eastern regions of the country as well. In Gorno Badakhshan, the tremor’s magnitude was 3.0 on […]

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Firdavs Murtazoyev

06.07.2006 06:20

DUSHANBE, July 6, Asia-Plus – Quite a mild tremor measuring 2.5 on the Richter scale hit Dushanbe today, at around 8:57 a.m., according to information from the Republican Seismological Station.

The source says the tremor could be felt in eastern regions of the country as well. In Gorno Badakhshan, the tremor’s magnitude was 3.0 on the Richter scale. The earthquake epicenter was 295 kilometers northeast of

Dushanbe

, at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border in the Jirgatol district (

Rasht

Valley

). In the epicenter, the tremor’s magnitude was 5.0 on the Richter scale, the source said.