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Five Dead After Tijikistan Quake

According to authorities in Tajikistan’s mountainous Central Asian country, an earthquake rocked eastern Tajikistan on Saturday morning, killing at least five people.

The capital of Dushanbe, 165 kilometers (100 miles) southwest of the center, reported tremors from the 5.9 magnitude quake.

According to the Tajik council for emergency situations, “dozens of dwellings were destroyed.”

“Dozens of houses were destroyed,” the Tajik committee for emergency situations said.

“Power lines were also partly damaged” in three villages in the district of Tajikabad, where all the victims lived.

The quake struck at 7:14 am (0214 GMT) and at a depth of 10 kilometres, according to the committee and state news agency Khovar.

Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon has ordered a commission of enquiry headed by the prime minister, Russian media reported.

Turkmenistan, bordering Afghanistan, is frequently hit by earthquakes.

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