On July 10 2021, a 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck 20 km southeast of the

Rasht Valley The Rasht Valley (russian: Раштская долина; tg, Водии Рашт) is located in Tajikistan and composes a significant portion of the Region of Republican Subordination, including the six districts of Lakhsh, Rasht, Roghun, Ta ...

Tajikistan Tajikistan (, ; tg, Тоҷикистон, Tojikiston; russian: Таджикистан, Tadzhikistan), officially the Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, Jumhurii Tojikiston), is a landlocked country in Centr ...

Tectonic setting

Tajikistan lies within the complex zone of collision between the

Indian Plate The Indian Plate (or India Plate) is a minor tectonic plate straddling the equator in the Eastern Hemisphere. Originally a part of the ancient continent of Gondwana, the Indian Plate broke away from the other fragments of Gondwana , began m ...

and the

Eurasian Plate The Eurasian Plate is a tectonic plate that includes most of the continent of Eurasia (a landmass consisting of the traditional continents of Europe and Asia), with the notable exceptions of the Indian subcontinent, the Arabian subcontinent and ...

. The dominant structures in this area are a combination of

thrust fault A thrust fault is a break in the Earth's crust, across which older rocks are pushed above younger rocks. Thrust geometry and nomenclature Reverse faults A thrust fault is a type of reverse fault that has a dip of 45 degrees or less. If ...

s and sinistral (left lateral) strike-slip faults.

Earthquake

The earthquake occurred at 07:14 am local time on July 10, 2021, and was located northwest of the capital

Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (ru ...

. It was followed by 20 aftershocks. The earthquake struck at the 72nd anniversary of the

1949 Khait earthquake The 1949 Khait (Hoit) earthquake (russian: Хаитское землетрясение 1949 года; tg, Заминларзаи Ҳоит 1949) occurred at 09:45 local time (03:53 UTC) on 10 July in the Gharm Oblast region of the Tajik SSR of t ...

Impact

Five people were killed. The victims were a 70-year old mother and four children between the ages of 6 and 12 who died in Tajikabad District. 30 people were also injured, and 5,560 people were displaced. Hundreds of homes were damaged or destroyed, including 300 in

Langarisho Langarishoh ( tg, Лангаришоҳ, fa, لشگر شاه ) is a village and jamoat in Tajikistan. It is located in Tojikobod District ) ( tg, Ноҳияи Тоҷикобод) , image_map = Location of Tojikobod District in Tajikistan.png ...

jamoat The jamoats of Tajikistan (russian: джамоаты, dzhamoaty; tg, ҷамоати деҳот, jamoati dehot, "village communes") are the third-level administrative divisions, similar to communes or municipalities, in the Central Asian country o ...

, seven in

Hijborak Hijborak ( tg, Ҳиҷборак, fa, هیجبارَک ) is a village and jamoat in Tajikistan. It is located in Rasht District, one of the Districts of Republican Subordination Districts under Tajikistan Central Government Jurisdiction or Rep ...

, and 12 in

Ashkalon Ashkelon or Ashqelon (; Hebrew: , , ; Philistine: ), also known as Ascalon (; Ancient Greek: , ; Arabic: , ), is a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel on the Mediterranean coast, south of Tel Aviv, and north of the border with ...

Other events

A deep 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck the

Gorno-Badakhshan Gorno-Badakhshan, officially the Badakhshan Mountainous Autonomous Region,, abbr. / is an autonomous region in eastern Tajikistan, in the Pamir Mountains. It makes up nearly forty-five percent of the country's land area, but only two perce ...

region near the border with Xinjiang, China on February 12, 2021. In the Kashmir region of Pakistan, a woman fell and died while she was in a panic, and several others were injured.

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Rasht Rasht ( fa, رشت, Rašt ; glk, Rəšt, script=Latn; also romanized as Resht and Rast, and often spelt ''Recht'' in French and older German manuscripts) is the capital city of Gilan Province, Iran. Also known as the "City of Rain" (, ''Ŝahre B ...

Earthquake An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth's lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from ...

Tajikistan earthquake Geology of Tajikistan 2021 earthquakes in Asia

Tectonic setting

Earthquake

Impact

Other events

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