Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - Gorno-Badakhshan, 417 km east of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Monday, 27 June 2016 at 19:28 (GMT)
This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.4 quake Osh Oblasty, 392 km south of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 26 June 2016 11:17 GMT, which had occurred 1 day 8 hours earlier.
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Strong magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 10 km depth
27 Jun 19:37 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 8 minutes.
Jun 27 19:38: Magnitude recalculated from 5.2 to 5.1.
Jun 27 19:39: Magnitude recalculated from 5.1 to 5.0.
Jun 27 19:38: Magnitude recalculated from 5.2 to 5.1.
Jun 27 19:39: Magnitude recalculated from 5.1 to 5.0.
Date & time: 27 Jun 2016 19:28:50 UTC
Magnitude: 5
Depth: 10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 39.38°N / 73.48°E
(Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan)Nearby towns and cities:
140 km (87 mi) SSE of Osh (Kyrgyzstan) (pop: 200,000) --> See nearby quakes!
141 km (88 mi) NNW of Murghab (pop: 10,800) --> See nearby quakes!
183 km (114 mi) SE of Fargona (Fergana, Uzbekistan) (pop: 164,300) --> See nearby quakes!
183 km (114 mi) SSE of Andijan (Andijon, Uzbekistan) (pop: 318,400) --> See nearby quakes!
193 km (120 mi) SE of Margilan (Fergana, Uzbekistan) (pop: 133,500) --> See nearby quakes!
280 km (174 mi) ESE of Konibodom (Sughd) (pop: 50,400) --> See nearby quakes!
344 km (214 mi) ESE of Khujand (Sughd) (pop: 144,900) --> See nearby quakes!
399 km (248 mi) SSW of Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) (pop: 900,000) --> See nearby quakes!
417 km (259 mi) ENE of Dushanbe (pop: 679,400) --> See nearby quakes!
418 km (260 mi) ESE of Tashkent (Toshkent Shahri, Uzbekistan) (pop: 1,978,000) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Estimated released energy: 2 x 1012 joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) More info
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| Magnitude | Depth | Location | Source |
| 5.0 | 10 km | Tajikistan-Xinjiang Border Region | GFZ |
| 5.3 | 10 km | - 40km SE of Sary-Tash, Kyrgyzstan | USGS |
| 4.3 | 8 km | 塔吉克斯坦 | CEIC |
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