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.

Дониёр Тухсинов
Prepared by Дониёр Тухсинов

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