Strong mag. 5.0 earthquake - Viloyati Khatlon, 13 km southeast of Roghun, Tajikistan, on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at 10:56 GMT

Strong magnitude 5.0 earthquake at 10 km depth

7 Mar 11:03 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 7 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 7, 2019 10:56:06 UTC
Local time at epicenter
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	5
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	38.68°N / 69.95°E (Viloyati Khatlon, Tajikistan)
Antipode	38.68°S / 110.05°W
Shaking intensity	Moderate shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	GFZ (German Research Centre for Geosciences)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	13 km (8 mi) SSE of Roghun (Nurobod, Republican Subordination) (pop: 7,730) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 21 km (13 mi) E of Obigarm (Roghun, Republican Subordination) (pop: 10,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 63 km (39 mi) ENE of Norak (Khatlon) (pop: 18,100) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 83 km (51 mi) E of Vahdat (Republican Subordination) (pop: 45,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 84 km (52 mi) NE of Danghara (Khatlon) (pop: 22,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 86 km (54 mi) N of Kŭlob (Khatlon) (pop: 78,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 89 km (55 mi) ENE of Yovon (Yavan, Khatlon) (pop: 17,500) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 103 km (64 mi) E of Duschanbe (Dushanbe) (pop: 679,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 139 km (86 mi) NE of Kurgan-Tyube (Khatlon) (pop: 65,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 180 km (112 mi) S of Khujand (Согдийская область) (pop: 144,900) \| 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	GFZ
4.7	40 km	TAJIKISTAN	EMSC
5.1	10 km	Afghanistan-Tajikistan Border Region	BMKG
5.1	3.6 km	Tajikistan	GeoAu
4.7	10 km	12km S of Roghun, Tajikistan	USGS

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Khujand / Moderate shaking (MMI V)

(Tajikistan, 201 km SE of epicenter) : I didnt feel (reported through EMSC)

Almaty (Kazakhstan, 775 km NE of epicenter) : В Алматы было слышно (reported through EMSC)

Toshkent (Uzbekistan, 294 km NW of epicenter) : Sezon otkrit, teper poydyot cepnaya reakciya.... (reported through EMSC)

Tashkent (Uzbekistan, 294 km NW of epicenter) : 9 км около Рогун...вот это страшно было (reported through EMSC)

Toshkent (Uzbekistan, 292 km NW of epicenter) : Небольшие толчки. Ташкент. 9 этаж (reported through EMSC)

Toshkent (Uzbekistan, 291 km NW of epicenter) : Один раз шатнуло и все. (reported through EMSC)

(Tajikistan, 6 km W of epicenter) : Tajikistan, Rogun.. Felt smth like earthquake (reported through EMSC)

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