A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit in the east of mountainous ex-Soviet Tajikistan on Thursday without producing victims or damage, officials said.
The quake struck around 5:37 am local time at a depth of about 20.5 kilometres , the US Geological Survey said.
The quake’s epicentre appeared to be in Gorno-Badakhshan, a semi-autonomous eastern region that borders Afghanistan and China, about 67 kilometres from the small mountain town of Murghob. The sparsely populated territory is surrounded by the towering Pamir Mountains, some reaching 7,000 metres above sea level, and is home to Lake Sarez.
Located behind Lake Sarez is a natural dam deep in the Pamir Mountains, and experts have warned of catastrophic consequences if the dam were breached.
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