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A Strong Earthquake Hits Tashkent, Uzbekistan, at 5:00 am Strong tremors hit the city of Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan, at 5:00 am in early morning. It is estimated that the epicenter is located just beneath the city with a magnitude of 6.1 (in the Richter scale). The intensity is 7 and 8 (MSK) in most of the parts, and reaching 9 in some areas of the city. The shaking lasted for about half a minute.
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Okazaki, K. (2000). Radius Initiative for IDNDR a Practical Approach to Reduce Urban Seismic Risk. In: Balassanian, S., Cisternas, A., Melkumyan, M. (eds) Earthquake Hazard and Seismic Risk Reduction. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9544-5_5
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