{"id":414257,"date":"2023-02-23T08:30:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T05:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/?p=414257"},"modified":"2023-02-23T08:30:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T05:30:53","slug":"a-7-2-earthquake-magnitude-shakes-tajikistan-felt-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonna.so\/en\/a-7-2-earthquake-magnitude-shakes-tajikistan-felt-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"A 7.2 earthquake magnitude shakes Tajikistan, felt in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">SONNA &#8211; An earthquake of about 7.2 magnitude shook Tajikistan at 8:37 a.m. (0037 GMT) on Thursday at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), Chinese state television CCTV reported citing the China Earthquake Networks Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">The epicenter is about 82 km from the nearest border with China and was strongly felt in some areas in China&#8217;s western Xinjiang region, including Kashgar and Artux, CCTV reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">Power supply and communication remained normal in Kashgar, state media Xinhua reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">\u00a0An earthquake of about 7.2 magnitude shook Tajikistan at 8:37 a.m. (0037 GMT) on Thursday at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), Chinese state television CCTV reported\uff0cciting the China Earthquake Networks Center.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-1\">The epicenter is about 82 km from the nearest border with China and was strongly felt in some areas in China&#8217;s western Xinjiang region, including Kashgar and Artux, CCTV reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__large__nEccO body__full_width__ekUdw body__large_body__FV5_X article-body__element__2p5pI\" data-testid=\"paragraph-2\">Power supply and communication remained normal in Kashgar, state media Xinhua reported.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-2\"><strong>CTV news outlet also reports that the quake recorded was about 6.8.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3vyymtxj\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/3vyymtxj<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"spacing-container__container__2g5QT spacing-container__max-width__zScFd\">\n<div class=\"ad-slot__container__FEnoz ad-slot__fixed-height__6m70D\">\n<p>A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook a lightly populated, remote part of Tajikistan early Thursday near China&#8217;s far western Xinjiang region.<\/p>\n<p>It was 67 kilometers (41 miles) west of Murghob, Tajikistan, and 20 kilometers (12 miles) below ground, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.<\/p>\n<p>Mughrob is the district capital with a population of a few thousand people high in the Pamir Mountains.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"spacing-container__container__2g5QT spacing-container__max-width__zScFd\">\n<div class=\"ad-slot__container__FEnoz ad-slot__fixed-height__6m70D\">\n<div class=\"c-text\">\n<p>The quake was strongly felt across the border in some areas of Kashgar prefecture and Kizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang, but no casualties or damage has been reported so far, state media CCTV said, citing local information officers.<\/p>\n<p>China Earthquake Networks Center said the quake was 7.2 magnitude and 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep. Measurements by different agencies often differ.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Source: Agencies<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SONNA &#8211; An earthquake of about 7.2 magnitude shook Tajikistan at 8:37 a.m. (0037 GMT) on Thursday at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), Chinese state television CCTV reported citing the China Earthquake Networks Center. 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