In Tajikistan, on April 3 two earthquakes were recorded, according to the Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of the Republic of Tajikistan.
According to the agency, the first occurred at 15:26, and the second at 21:12.
The strength of the shocks at the epicenters (the first 15 km south of Tajikabad, the second on the territory of Afghanistan) was 5–6 points.
The Emergency Situations Committee of Tajikistan specified that as a result of the first earthquake, which occurred in the afternoon of April 3 in the Tajikabad district, damage to houses was recorded.
In the villages of Sarinai, Shirinchashma, and Polezak of the Shirinchashma jamoat, 16 residential houses sustained minor damage, and one outbuilding was completely destroyed.
Additionally, in the village of Darai Nushor of the Nushor jamoat, minor damage was recorded in 6 houses.
“There are no casualties as a result of the disaster,” the Committee for Emergency Situations added.
A government emergency commission in the Tajikabad district is currently assessing the exact extent of the damage.
Earlier, it was reported about an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 that occurred on April 3 at 21:12 Dushanbe time. The epicenter was located in Afghanistan, 290 km southeast of Dushanbe, at a depth of 186 kilometers in the northeastern province of Badakhshan.
The tremors were felt not only in Afghanistan but also in Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, India, and Pakistan.
In Afghanistan, eight people died as a result of this earthquake: an entire family was buried under the rubble of a house that collapsed due to seismic activity.
Only a child about two years old survived from the whole family.
In Tajikistan, it did not cause destruction or casualties.
