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Strong earthquake with epicenter near Tajikistan felt in Uzbekistan

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An earthquake was felt in Tashkent and other regions of Uzbekistan at 8:47 on Friday, with the epicenter located in the area of Lakhsh, Tajikistan. According to the Republican Center for Seismic Monitoring of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the epicenter was 313 km southeast of the capital. The magnitude at the epicenter was 5.4, with a depth of 15 km.

In Tashkent and the Syrdarya region, underground shocks were felt with a magnitude of 2, in the Andijan and Namangan regions with a magnitude of 2-3, and in the Fergana region with a magnitude of 3.