A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit japanese Tajikistan on Thursday, the US Geological Survey stated.
The quake struck round 5:37 a.m. native time (0037 GMT) at a depth of about 20.5 kilometers (12.7 miles).
USGS estimated that “little or no population” can be uncovered to landslides from the quake.
Its epicenter seemed to be in Gorno-Badakhshan, a semi-autonomous japanese area that borders Afghanistan and China.
A 5.0-magnitude aftershock hit the world about 20 minutes after the preliminary quake.
The sparsely populated territory is surrounded by the towering Pamir Mountains. —Agence France-Presse
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
