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Moderate mag. 4.3 earthquake - 65 km west of Murghab, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, on Friday, May 26, 2023 at 7:34 am (GMT +5) -

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Moderate mag. 4.3 earthquake - 65 km west of Murghab, Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, on Friday, May 26, 2023 at 7:34 am (GMT +5)

Moderate magnitude 4.3 earthquake at 10 km depth

26 May 02:48 UTC: First to report: USGS after 13 minutes.

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Earthquake details

Date & time	May 26, 2023 02:34:48 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Friday, May 26, 2023 at 7:34 am (GMT +5)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	4.3
Depth	10.3 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	38.0206°N / 73.247°E (Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan)
Antipode	38.021°S / 106.753°W
Shaking intensity	Light shaking near epicenter
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	65 km (40 mi) WSW of Murghab (pop: 10,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 160 km (100 mi) ENE of Khorugh (pop: 30,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 204 km (127 mi) NE of Ishqoshim (Ishkoshim) (pop: 26,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 282 km (175 mi) S of Osh (Kyrgyzstan) (pop: 200,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 287 km (179 mi) SW of Kashgar (Xinjiang, China) (pop: 274,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 326 km (202 mi) SE of Isfara (Sughd) (pop: 274,000) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 394 km (245 mi) E of Duschanbe (Dushanbe) (pop: 679,400) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Scattered Clouds -10.3°C (13 F), humidity: 57%, wind: 2 m/s (3 kts) from W
Estimated seismic energy released	1.8 x 10¹¹ joules (49.4 megawatt hours, equivalent to 42.5 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
4.3	10.3 km	65 Km WSW of Murghob, Tajikistan	USGS
4.3	10.3 km	Tajikistan-Xinjiang Border Region	RaspberryShake
4.3	50 km	Tajikistan	NCS
4.3	15 km	TAJIKISTAN	EMSC
4.3	10 km	Tajikistan-Xinjiang Border Reg.	IRIS

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