Lake Sarez News Today

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoevs state visit to China aims to establish a long-term strategic agenda for enhanced bilateral cooperation between the two nations.

Building off momentum from last year's China-Central Asia summit and the Belt and Road Forum, Uzbek leader Shavkat Mirziyoev is looking to build stronger ties with China while discussing tourism, green energy cooperation, and the future of a key railway project.

The landlocked country in Central Asia is home to some of the highest mountains of the world, which remain unknown to the crowds flocking to Everest.

A Chinese climate-observation station in Tajikistan near the border with Afghanistan has led to speculation it could be used for surveillance and security. Analysts agree it has such potential, though it appears to be part of a Chinese effort to gain an edge for a new technological frontier.

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit in the east of mountainous ex-Soviet Tajikistan yesterday without producing victims or damage, officials said.

New tremors with a magnitude of 5 points were recorded on Thursday, February 23, near Lake Sarez in Tajikistan, informs press service of the Committee for

The quake struck around 5:37 am local time (0037 GMT) at a depth of about 20.5 kilometres (12.7 miles)

In the nearby Rushon district of Gorno-Badakhshan, a local resident said many people rushed outside after being woken up by the earthquake

The epicentre of the earthquake appeared to be in Gorno-Badakhshan, a semi-autonomous eastern region that borders Afghanistan and China, about 67 kilometres from the small mountain town of Murghob.

The quake struck around 5:37 am local time (0037 GMT) at a depth of about 20.5 kilometres (12.7 miles)