Mild tremors felt in Uzbekistan as magnitude 4.8 earthquake hit Afghanistan

Mild tremors were felt in Uzbekistan on Wednesday at 09:30 after an earthquake of magnitude 4.8 hit Afghanistan, the Republican Center for Seismic Prognostic Monitoring under the Ministry of Emergency Situations said.

Earthquake coordinates: 36.4 degrees north latitude; 70.69 degrees east longitude. The distance from the epicenter to Tashkent is 556 km in the southeast direction.

The strength of tremors in the Uzun district of Surkhandarya region was 2 points (296 km).

Earlier on June 21, a devastating earthquake shook Afghanistan, killing over 1.1 thousand people and injuring even more.

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