Tajikistan hit with 7.2-magnitude quake, no casualties reported

Source: AFP

Dushanbe (Tajikistan) (AFP) - A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck the east of the Central Asian country of Tajikistan on Monday, US experts said, while the impoverished country's government said no casualties were reported.

The tremor hit at 7:50 GMT some 109 kilometres (67 miles) west of the town of Murghob at a depth of 28 kilometres, the US Geological Survey said.

The epicentre was located in a remote area some 345 kilometres east of the capital Dushanbe, it added.

Tajikistan's emergency situations committee told AFP there had been no reports of casualties and that a rescue team had been dispatched to assess possible damage to housing.

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