A magnitude 4.4 earthquake was confirmed in Tajikistan near the Afghanistan border

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck eastern Tajikistan near the Afghanistan border at 04:30 local time Thursday, releasing accumulated crustal stress along a fault zone that runs parallel to the frontier.

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