Earthquake

Light shaking was probably felt throughout the rest of central and eastern Tajikistan, far western China, far northern Pakistan, far northeastern Afghanistan, ...

23. Utility outages are possible, particularly near the earthquake's epicenter. Officials may temporarily shut down transportation infrastructure in the tremor zone to check for damage.

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook a lightly populated, remote part of Tajikistan early Thursday near China's far western Xinjiang region.

China Earthquake Networks Center said the quake was 7.2 magnitude and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep. It was 67 kilometers (41 miles) west of Murghob, Tajikistan, and 20 kilometers (12 miles) below ground, according to the U.S. [earthquake](https://abcnews.go.com/alerts/TurkeySyriaEarthquake) shook a lightly populated, remote part of Tajikistan early Thursday near [China](https://abcnews.go.com/alerts/Taiwan)’s far western Xinjiang region.

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes eastern Tajikistan, says USGS, and Chinese state media report 7.3 magnitude temblor near border of Xinjiang Uighur ...

An earthquake of about 7.3-magnitude occurred near the border of China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region and Tajikistan at around 8:37 am (0037 GMT), Chinese state television CCTV reported on Thursday, citing the China Earthquake Networks Center. Tajikistan's eastern region has been hit by a magnitude 6.8 earthquake, according to US Geological Survey [USGS], adding the quake struck around 5:37 am local time (0037 GMT) at a depth of about 20.5 kilometres. Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes eastern Tajikistan, says USGS, and Chinese state media report 7.3 magnitude temblor near border of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Tajikistan, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.

[6.8 magnitude earthquake](https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=1227583) was recorded in Tajikistan, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.

The epicentre of the earthquake appeared to be in Gorno-Badakhshan, a semi-autonomous eastern region that borders Afghanistan and China, about 67 kilometres ...

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According to the US Geological Survey, the epicentre was 67 kilometers (41 miles) west of Murghob, Tajikistan and 20 kilometers (12 miles) deep.

China Earthquake Networks Center said the quake was 7.2 magnitude and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep. It was 67 kilometers (41 miles) west of Murghob, Tajikistan and 20 kilometers (12 miles) deep, according to the US Geological Survey. An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 occurred 67 km west of Murghob in Tajikistan: USGS— ANI (@ANI)

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook a lightly populated, remote part of Tajikistan early Thursday near China's far western Xinjiang region.

China Earthquake Networks Center said the quake was 7.2 magnitude and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep. The quake was strongly felt across the border in some areas of Kashgar prefecture and Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang, but no casualties or damage has been reported so far, state media CCTV said, citing local information officers. BEIJING — A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook a lightly populated, remote part of Tajikistan early Thursday near China’s far western Xinjiang region.

China News: An earthquake of about 7.2 magnitude occurred near the border of China's Xinjiang region and Tajikistan at around 8.37am (0037 GMT), ...

A natural dam deep in the Pamir mountains exists behind Lake Sarez, and experts have cautioned that the consequences would be catastrophic if the dam were to fail. The earthquake's epicentre seems to be located in Gorno-Badakhshan, a semi-autonomous region that borders Afghanistan and China, roughly 67 kilometres from the small mountain town of Murghob. The China Earthquake Networks Centre said the quake was 7.2 magnitude and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep.

A 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Tajikistan on Thursday and was strongly felt in parts of Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region as the ...

The average elevation within 5 kilometers of the epicenter is about 4,655 meters. There were also netizens saying they could strongly feel the earthquake in Artux City and Akto County of the Kizilsu Kirgiz Autonomous Prefecture. Ten trains have been affected as of 9:30 am.

Situation Report in English on Türkiye and 1 other country about Food and Nutrition, Health, Earthquake and more; published on 21 Feb 2023 by STL.

It is estimated that as many as 4 million people have left the earthquake affected area.2 According to the latest figures3, 41,156 people lost their lives and 108,068 people are injured. According to WHO, the affected regions in Turkey and Syria are home to around 23 million people including 1.4 million children.1 Many aftershocks followed the earthquake and a second major earthquake hit the region after 9 hours with 7.5 magnitude causing serious further damage and destruction of damaged buildings. Due to the risk of further damage as a result of aftershocks, people are not able to enter their houses, therefore staying and sleeping outdoors in the cold weather. Turkish Ministry of Defence reported that 10,633 Syrians have voluntarily crossed the border over to Syria. The earthquake affected the neighboring provinces of Adıyaman, Kilis, Osmaniye, Gaziantep, Malatya, Elazığ as well as Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır, Adana and Hatay, where around 13.5 million people reside including around 2 million Syrian refugees. On the evening of 20 February, at 8.04 pm, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake struck Hatay, with epicenter of Defne district.

Dozens of red balloons speckle the rubble of a destroyed building alongside a main road in Türkiye's quake-hit south, a final tribute to children killed in ...

I couldn't sleep for several nights because we couldn't rescue the children from here," he said. "I started here and then moved on to the building behind. "Three children died here.

No injuries or damage were reported, according to state media CCTV. The China Earthquake Networks Centre said the quake had a magnitude of 7.2 and struck at a ...

The China Earthquake Networks Centre said the quake had a magnitude of 7.2 and struck at a depth of 10km. The city has a population of a few thousand people. The quake struck 67km west of the lightly populated city of Murghob, at a depth of 20km, on Thursday morning, the agency wrote on Twitter. Nine people died in a February 15 avalanche in Gorno-Badakhshan, while another person was killed the same day in an avalanche on a major road near the capital Dushanbe. Mughrob is the capital of the eponymous district that lies high in the Pamir Mountains. Behind Lake Sarez is a natural dam deep in the Pamir mountains Experts have warned the consequences would be catastrophic if the dam were breached.

FILE - Syrians gather at a shelter in Antakya, southeastern Turkey, Feb. 10, 2023. For Syrians fleeing the violence back home, the earthquake that struck in ...

About 260,000 of the registered asylum-seekers last year were Afghans and Syrians, according to the European Union Agency for Asylum. Some 3,500 migrants died trying to make the treacherous journey in 2014. Our operation is about $50 million a month for our earthquake response alone, so unless Europe wants a new wave of refugees, we need get the support we need," the WFP's director, David Beasley, was quoted as saying to Reuters. "There is no hope left for us here," Hussain Ali, an Afghan migrant in Istanbul, told VOA. Already 102 countries have offered assistance, according to the Turkish government, with the U.S. "Anti-refugee sentiment in Turkey has spiked.