A earthquake From magnitude 6.8 hit this Thursday east of Tajikistanin Asia, as reported by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) which measured its intensity.

The movement was warned at 05:37 local time (Argentina night) and his epicenter It was about 20.5 kilometers deep, the seismographic report added.

The movement was felt, according to specialists, in a area with “little or no population” hence few landslide records are expected. whose epicenter would have been located in Upper Badakhshan, a semi-autonomous province on the eastern border with Afghan and Chinese territories.

A Aftershock of magnitude 5.0 it was felt in the region about 20 minutes after the initial quake. The territory is sparsely populated and borders the Pamir mountain range.

A former Soviet republic, Tajikistan is located in Central Asia and is bordered by Afghanistan to the south, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the north, and Uzbekistan to the west.

For its part, the China Seismological Network Center reported that the earthquake had a magnitude of 7.2 and was recorded at a depth of 10 kilometers. Preliminary seismic measurements from different agencies often differ.