SOCIETY | 13:45 / 05.08.2020
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Mild earthquake hits Uzbekistan

On Wednesday, August 5, at 13:18, mild tremors were felt in Uzbekistan as magnitude 5 earthquake jolted Tajikistan.

According to the Republican Center for Seismic Prognostic Monitoring under the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the earthquake coordinates were 40.2 degrees north latitude; 70.84 degrees east longitude. 

The distance to Tashkent is 181 kilometers southeast.

Mild tremors were registered in almost all regions of Uzbekistan:

Tashkent: 181 km, 3 points.
Namangan: 113 km, 4 points.
Andijan: 143 km, 3 points.
Fergana: 83 km, 4 points.
Guliston: 177 km, 3 points.
Jizzakh: 255 km, 3 points.
Samarkand: 336 km, 2 points.
Termez: 453 km, 2 points.
Karshi: 458 km, 2 points.
Navoi: 464 km, 2 points.

It should be reminded that 4.7 and 4.2 magnitude earthquakes in Afghanistan on July 14 and in Tajikistan on July 16 were felt in some regions of Uzbekistan.

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