Potres magnitude oko 6,8 prema Richteru pogodio je u četvrtak ujutro Tadžikistan, objavio je EMSC. 

Preliminarna magnituda bila je 7,2 prema Richteru.

ℹEvent wrap-up: today a M6.8 #earthquake (#землетрясение) hit #Murghob (#Tajikistan) at 05:37:41 local time (UTC 00:37:41). Shaking was felt over 700km by approximately 64M people in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan.

— EMSC (@LastQuake) February 23, 2023

Potres je registriran oko 8,37 sati, na dubini od 10 kilometara.  

Epicentar je oko 82 kilometara od najbliže granice s Kinom, a snažno se osjetio u Kashgaru i Artuxu u zapadnom dijelu regije Xinjiang, izvijestio je CCTV.

A magnitude 7.1 #Earthquake strikes in #Tajikistan, near the border with #China. Hope everyone will be safepic.twitter.com/GIlPYurQwD

— Auron (@auron83591234) February 23, 2023