Earthquake hits Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, August 18, 2011, Asia-Plus – Today at 4:51 local time Tajikistan was hit by a 2-magnitude earthquake with epicenter located 240km south-east of Dushanbe on the territory of neighboring Afghanistan, the Tajik Academy of Science’s Geophysical Service reports. Magnitude 5 tremors reported traced at the epicenter. Dushanbe was struck by magnitude 2 tremors. No […]

Valentina Kondrashova

DUSHANBE, August 18, 2011, Asia-Plus – Today at 4:51 local time Tajikistan was hit by a 2-magnitude earthquake with epicenter located 240km south-east of Dushanbe on the territory of neighboring Afghanistan, the Tajik Academy of Science’s Geophysical Service reports.

Magnitude 5 tremors reported traced at the epicenter. Dushanbe was struck by magnitude 2 tremors. No victims or damages reported.

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