Quake Info: Unconfirmed Earthquake or Seismic-like Event: 54 km South of Istaravshan, Viloyati Sughd, Tajikistan, Tuesday, Mar 21, 2023 at 10:38 pm (GMT +5)

Unconfirmed earthquake or seismic-like event: 54 km south of Istaravshan, Viloyati Sughd, Tajikistan, Tuesday, Mar 21, 2023 at 10:38 pm (GMT +5)

21 Mar 17:44 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 6 minutes.

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Date & time	Mar 21, 2023 17:38:05 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Tuesday, Mar 21, 2023 at 10:38 pm (GMT +5)
Status	uncertain, preliminary
Magnitude	unknown (3.8?)
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	39.4645°N / 68.77895°E (Viloyati Sughd, Tajikistan)
Antipode	39.465°S / 111.221°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking
Felt	8 reports
Primary data source	VolcanoDiscovery (User-reported shaking)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	39 km (24 mi) NW of Nomitkon (Sughd) (pop: 21) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 54 km (33 mi) SSW of Istaravshan (Sughd) (pop: 52,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 94 km (58 mi) SSW of Bekabad (Toshkent, Uzbekistan) (pop: 86,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 100 km (62 mi) SW of Proletar (Nohijai Çabbor Rasulov, Sughd) (pop: 16,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 103 km (64 mi) N of Duschanbe (Dushanbe) (pop: 679,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 116 km (72 mi) SW of Khujand (Согдийская область) (pop: 144,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 174 km (108 mi) WSW of Isfara (Sughd) (pop: 274,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 204 km (127 mi) S of Tashkent (Uzbekistan) (pop: 1,978,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Broken Clouds 13.3°C (56 F), humidity: 53%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from SE
Estimated seismic energy released	3.2 x 10¹⁰ joules (8.78 megawatt hours, equivalent to 7.56 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Duschanbe (99.9 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating / 2-5 s : Ложились спать,пару секунд сильно трясло. Во дворе качались деревья

Dushanbe (96.2 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Light shaking (MMI IV)

near Istaravshan, Sughd (61.2 km N of epicenter) [Map] / not felt / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 5-10 s

Dushanbe (105 km S of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 10-15 s : Смотрела фильм

Uzbekistan (117.2 km N of epicenter) [Map] / Moderate shaking (MMI V) : Было очень срашно

Ёва / Light shaking (MMI IV) / horizontal (sideways) swinging

Samarqand / Weak shaking (MMI III) / horizontal (sideways) swinging

Душанбе / Light shaking (MMI IV) / vertical swinging (up and down)

Ташкент, Узбекистан / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / horizontal (sideways) swinging / 30-60 s

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