M6.8 earthquake in Tajikistan occurred above subducting slab
A M6.8 earthquake hit Tajikistan about twenty minutes ago. This is a remote region, and only a few thousand people are expected to have felt strong shaking, so impacts should hopefully be relatively minor.
Geologically speaking, this is a super weird place. ~500 km north of the western end of the Himalaya, two subducting slabs of opposite vergence have b…
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