11 Killed in Tajikistan Earthquake, Landslide
Pastor Dale Morgan
11 Killed in Tajikistan Earthquake, Landslide*
The Associated Press
Monday, July 23, 2007; 1:44 PM
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan -- A landslide killed nine people in northern
Tajikistan, while an earthquake in a central region killed another
three, the emergencies agency said Monday.
Sunday's landslide struck two villages in the northern Asht district,
185 miles north of the capital of Dushanbe, killing nine people and
damaging many houses, said emergencies agency spokesman Dustmurod Zabirov.
Also Sunday, five villages in the Rasht district, 125 miles east of
Dushanbe, were hit by a magnitude 6 earthquake that destroyed and
damaged houses, Zabirov said. The quake killed three teenagers, and
three other people have been hospitalized with various injuries, he
said. Tremors of magnitude 3 were felt in Dushanbe, he said.
Earthquakes and landslides are common in this impoverished Central Asian
nation where mountains cover 90 percent of the territory.