Major magnitude 7.3 earthquake - Gorno-Badakhshan, 336 km east of Duschanbe, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Saturday, February 18, 1911 at 18:41 GMT
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Major magnitude 7.3 earthquake at 15 km depth
Magnitude: 7.3
Depth: 15.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude: 38.331°N / 72.628°E

Antipode: 38.331°S / 107.372°W
Nearby towns and cities:
118 km (74 mi) W of Murghab (pop: 10,800) --> See nearby quakes!
200 km (124 mi) NNE of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim) (pop: 26,000) --> See nearby quakes!
240 km (149 mi) SSE of Fergana (Uzbekistan) (pop: 164,300) --> See nearby quakes!
245 km (152 mi) S of Osh (Kyrgyzstan) (pop: 200,000) --> See nearby quakes!
253 km (157 mi) ENE of Kŭlob (Khatlon) (pop: 78,800) --> See nearby quakes!
264 km (164 mi) SE of Isfara (Sughd) (pop: 37,700) --> See nearby quakes!
289 km (179 mi) SE of Konibodom (Sughd) (pop: 50,400) --> See nearby quakes!
336 km (209 mi) E of Duschanbe (Dushanbe) (pop: 679,400) --> See nearby quakes!
338 km (210 mi) SE of Khujand (Sughd) (pop: 144,900) --> See nearby quakes!
438 km (272 mi) SE of Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (pop: 1,978,000) --> See nearby quakes!
Primary data source: USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Estimated released energy: 5.6 x 1015 joules (1562 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 1.3 x 106 tons of TNT or 84 atomic bombs!) | about seismic energy
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Mag. | Depth | Location | Source |
7.3 | 15 km | Tajikistan | USGS |
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