{"id":4232,"date":"2023-02-23T15:23:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T15:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=4232"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:39:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:39:36","slug":"strong-earthquake-hits-tajikistan-near-border-with-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/magazine\/climate\/strong-earthquake-hits-tajikistan-near-border-with-china\/2023\/02\/23\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy earthquake hits Tajikistan near border with China"},"content":{"rendered":"

DUSHANBE,<\/span> Feb<\/span> 23<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> A<\/span> magnitude<\/span> 6.8<\/span> earthquake<\/span> struck<\/span> eastern<\/span> Tajikistan<\/span> at<\/span> 5am.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tajik<\/span> officials<\/span> said<\/span> what<\/span> was<\/span> being<\/span> felt<\/span> in<\/span> China<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> neighboring<\/span> countries.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> earthquake<\/span> hit<\/span> the<\/span> mountainous<\/span> Gorno<\/span> He<\/span> Badakhshan<\/span> Autonomous<\/span> Region,<\/span> which<\/span> was<\/span> hit<\/span> by<\/span> a<\/span> series<\/span> of<\/span> deadly<\/span> avalanches<\/span> earlier<\/span> this<\/span> month.<\/span> It<\/span> is<\/span> sparsely<\/span> populated,<\/span> but<\/span> has<\/span> a<\/span> large<\/span> lake<\/span> called<\/span> Sareth,<\/span> whose<\/span> disturbance<\/span> could<\/span> flood<\/span> vast<\/span> areas<\/span> spanning<\/span> several<\/span> countries.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Tajik<\/span> officials<\/span> said<\/span> there<\/span> was<\/span> no<\/span> evidence<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> lake<\/span> was<\/span> disturbed<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> earthquake.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>With<\/span> its<\/span> epicenter<\/span> about<\/span> 82<\/span> kilometers<\/span> (50.95<\/span> miles)<\/span> from<\/span> the<\/span> nearest<\/span> border<\/span> with<\/span> China,<\/span> the<\/span> quake<\/span> was<\/span> strongly<\/span> felt<\/span> in<\/span> parts<\/span> of<\/span> western<\/span> China’s<\/span> Xinjiang<\/span> Uighur<\/span> Autonomous<\/span> Region,<\/span> including<\/span> Kashgar<\/span> and<\/span> Artux,<\/span> state<\/span> broadcaster<\/span> CCTV<\/span> said.<\/span> and<\/span> its<\/span> strength<\/span> was<\/span> quantified<\/span> at<\/span> 7.2.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> the<\/span> Rushon<\/span> district<\/span> of<\/span> nearby<\/span> Gorno-Badakhshan,<\/span> many<\/span> people<\/span> ran<\/span> outside<\/span> after<\/span> being<\/span> awakened<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> quake,<\/span> which<\/span> was<\/span> followed<\/span> by<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> two<\/span> aftershocks,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> locals.<\/span> Yellen,<\/span> G7<\/span> seek<\/span> fresh<\/span> aid<\/span> to<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> as<\/span> G20<\/span> finance<\/span> chiefs<\/span> meet<\/span>
\n<\/span>There<\/span> were<\/span> no<\/span> reports<\/span> of<\/span> casualties<\/span> in<\/span> either<\/span> Tajikistan<\/span> or<\/span> China.<\/span> State<\/span> media<\/span> Xinhua<\/span> reported<\/span> that<\/span> power<\/span> and<\/span> communications<\/span> in<\/span> Kashgar<\/span> remained<\/span> normal.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> Xinjiang<\/span> Railway<\/span> Authority<\/span> has<\/span> suspended<\/span> passenger<\/span> trains<\/span> running<\/span> between<\/span> Aksu<\/span> Kashgar<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> South<\/span> Xinjiang<\/span> Railway,<\/span> state<\/span> media<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Local<\/span> authorities<\/span> inspected<\/span> bridges,<\/span> tunnels<\/span> and<\/span> signaling<\/span> systems,<\/span> CCTV<\/span> said.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DUSHANBE, Feb 23 (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck eastern Tajikistan at 5am. Tajik officials said what was being felt in China and other neighboring countries. The earthquake hit the mountainous Gorno He Badakhshan Autonomous Region, which was hit by a series of deadly avalanches earlier this month. It is sparsely populated, but has […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[714,1034,2415,2425,2482],"tags":[152,1016,1188,1189,1190],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/quake-1193977-1677118910.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4232"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4235,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4232\/revisions\/4235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}