Residents of Uzbekistan felt the tremors, the epicenter of which was in Afghanistan

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The Republican Center for Seismic Predictive Monitoring of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that on 5 August 2023, at 21:01 Tashkent time, an earthquake occurred in Afghanistan. 

Earthquake coordinates: 36.57 degrees north latitude; 70.78 degrees East. Magnitude M=5.8. Depth 100 km. The distance from the epicenter to Tashkent is 539 km in a southeasterly direction.

The strength of tremors in the territory of Uzbekistan:

Surkhandarya region: 4 points, 320 km.

Ferghana region: 3-4 points, 432 km.

Syrdarya region: 3-4 points, 470 km.

Jizzakh region: 3-4 points, 472 km.

Samarkand region: 3-4 points, 478 km.

Andijan region: 3-4 points, 488 km.

Namangan region: 3-4 points, 499 km.

Kashkadarya region: 3 points, 507 km.

Tashkent: 3 points, 539 km.