Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) – The Republican Center for Seismic Prognostic Monitoring of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported that on 28 August 2023, at 09:35 Tashkent time, an earthquake occurred in Afghanistan. 

Earthquake coordinates: 36.47 degrees north latitude; 70.15 degrees east longitude. Magnitude M = 5.4. Depth 200 km. The distance from the epicenter to Tashkent is 539 km in a south-easterly direction.

The strength of aftershocks on the territory of Uzbekistan:

Surkhandarya region: 3 points, 269 km.

Samarkand region: 2-3 points, 451 km.

Jizzakh region: 2-3 points, 454 km.

Ferghana region: 2-3 points, 457 km.

Syrdarya region: 2-3 points, 463 km.

Kashkadarya region: 2-3 points, 466 km.

Andijan region: 2 points, 516 km.

Namangan region: 2 points, 521 km.

Tashkent: 2 points, 539 km.