What the records say
- When
- 7 Dec 2015
- Kind
- Earthquake
- Magnitude
- 7.2
- Where
- Tajikistan
- Coordinates
- 38.21° N, 72.78° E
- Deaths
- 2
- Damage musd
- 5
- Houses destroyed
- 500
- Intensity mmi
- 4
- Depth km
- 22
2015 Tajikistan earthquake
Earthquake in Tajikistan
On 7 December 2015, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the moment magnitude scale struck Tajikistan 105 km (65 mi) west of Murghab at 07:50 UTC at a depth of 26.0 km (16.2 mi). The earthquake was also felt in neighboring Xinjiang in China, India, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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