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Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - Gorno-Badakhshan, 417 km east of Duschanbe, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Monday, June 27, 2016 at 19:28 GMT

This quake was likely an aftershock of the 6.4 quake Osh Oblasty, 392 km south of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, June 26, 2016 11:17 GMT, which had occurred 1 day 8 hours earlier.

Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - Gorno-Badakhshan, 417 km east of Duschanbe, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Monday, June 27, 2016 at 19:28 GMT

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.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jun 27, 2016 19:28:50 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	39.38°N / 73.48°E (Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan)
Antipode	39.38°S / 106.52°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	140 km (87 mi) SSE of Osh (Kyrgyzstan) (pop: 200,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 141 km (88 mi) NNW of Murghab (pop: 10,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 178 km (110 mi) SSE of Jalal-Abad (Kyrgyzstan) (pop: 75,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 183 km (114 mi) SE of Fergana (Uzbekistan) (pop: 164,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 183 km (114 mi) SSE of Andijan (Andijon, Uzbekistan) (pop: 318,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 193 km (120 mi) SE of Margilan (Fergana, Uzbekistan) (pop: 133,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 216 km (134 mi) W of Kashgar (Xinjiang, China) (pop: 274,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 258 km (160 mi) ESE of Isfara (Sughd) (pop: 37,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 280 km (174 mi) ESE of Konibodom (Sughd) (pop: 50,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 417 km (259 mi) ENE of Duschanbe (Dushanbe) (pop: 679,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake
Estimated seismic energy released	2 x 10¹² joules (554 megawatt hours, equivalent to 477 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	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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Seismic station: Kabul, Afghanistan (KBL/IU network) | Distance from quake: 667 km / 414 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Kabul, Afghanistan: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-5.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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