{"id":37559,"date":"2023-02-22T20:33:50","date_gmt":"2023-02-23T01:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/?p=37559"},"modified":"2023-02-22T20:36:30","modified_gmt":"2023-02-23T01:36:30","slug":"strong-6-8-magnitude-earthquake-hits-tajikistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bnonews.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/strong-6-8-magnitude-earthquake-hits-tajikistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake hits Tajikistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has struck eastern Tajikistan, with shaking felt as far away as China and other neighboring countries, seismologists say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The earthquake, which struck at 5:37 a.m. local time on Thursday, was centered about 66 kilometers (41 miles) west of Murghab, a small town in the Gorno-Badakhshan region of Tajikistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 and struck about 20 kilometers (12 miles) below the surface. 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