An earthquake of magnitude 7.2 occurred on the territory of Tajikistan, on the border with Chinese Xinjiang. The epicenter was 10 km deep, informed Chinese Seismological Center.
Also a powerful earthquake registered Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center. Initially, he estimated the earthquake’s magnitude at 7.1, but later lowered it to 6.8. The organization said the epicenter was at a depth of 20 km, 66 km from the Tajik village of Murgab and 272 km from the city of Osh.
Data on destruction and casualties among the population have not yet been released.
To the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan noted that tremors with a force of 2-3 points were also felt at Alma-Ata. In the capital of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, in turn, they reported tremors with a magnitude of 2-4 points, reports RIA Novosti.
On February 6, devastating earthquakes with a magnitude of up to 7.8 hit Turkey and Syria. According to the latest data, in Turkey deceased at least 43.5 thousand people, in Syria – more than 8 thousand.
The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Europe, Hans Kluge, has called the earthquake in Turkey the biggest natural disaster in Europe for a hundred years. The BBC, after reviewing footage of the collapsed buildings and speaking to experts, reported that most of the collapsed buildings were built without safety standards.
Two weeks later, powerful earthquakes again occurred on the border of the two countries, as a result of which 11 people were killed and more than a thousand residents of Turkey and Syria were injured .
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