DUSHANBE, April 4, 2013, Asia-Plus – A mild tremor measuring 3.0 on a 12-point scale jolted Dushanbe Thursday, at 11:31 am, according to the Dushanbe seismological station.

Centered in Afghanistan, 300 kilometers to the southeast of Dushanbe, the earthquake could be felt in some other regions of Tajikistan as well.

In the epicenter, the earthquake’s magnitude was 5.0-6.0 on Richter scale, the source added.

The 2.0 magnitude tremor was felt in the city of Khorog, the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO).