Moderate mag. 5.0 earthquake - Tajikistan-Xinjiang Border Region on 30 Jul 4:09 am (GMT +5)

An intermediate magnitude 5.0 earthquake was reported early morning near Murghab, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan.
According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the quake hit on Friday 30 July 2021 at 4:09 am local time at an intermediate depth of 83 km. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report.
Our monitoring service identified a second report from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) which listed the quake at magnitude 5.0 as well.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Murghab (pop. 10,800) located 101 km from the epicenter.
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Based on its magnitude, the fault that was active during the quake ruptured along a surface of approx. 10 km² (=4 sqare miles) as a first-order estimate. The length of the rupture zone thus was probably around 5 km (3 mi).
Aftershocks typically occur during the days and weeks following the quake at or near the same fault, at distances of up to approx. two times the length of the rupture zone.
The often broadly linear arrangement of aftershock epicenters encompasses the rupture zone of the main shock (check on the map below to verify).

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