Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 jolts Tajikistan

Published on: 11 Oct 2023 at 01:01 PM

Published by: The fact news

Dushanbe, October 11

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richer Scale jolted Tajikistan on Wednesday, the National Centre of Seismology (NCS) informed.

According to NCS, the earthquake occurred at 9:53 a.m. (IST) on Wednesday at a depth of 120 kms.

The NCS posted on its official handle on X, “Earthquake of Magnitude:4.3, Occurred on 11-10-2023, 09:53:12 IST, Lat: 37.66 & Long: 74.14, Depth: 120 Km, Location: Tajikistan.”

Earlier, on Wednesday, an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 rocked Afghanistan, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. According to NCS, the earthquake in Afghanistan occurred at 6:11 am (IST) at a depth of 10 kms.

The NCS posted on the microblogging site, “Earthquake of Magnitude:6.1, Occurred on 11-10-2023, 06:11:56 IST, Lat: 34.71 & Long: 62.13, Depth: 10 Km, Location: Afghanistan.”