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Earthquake in Gobi-Altai felt in neighboring aimag
Environment
Khovd /MONTSAME/. Today, at 11:03:11am, a 5.8 magnitude
earthquake occurred in the area, 30km southeast from Tonkhil soum of Gobi-Altai
aimag.
This intense tremor was felt in some soums of Khovd aimag, the
neighboring province of Gobi-Altai. In particular, Jargalant soum suffered
around 3.0-4.0 magnitude while Tsetseg, Must, Altai, Uyench, Bulgan and Darvi
soums of Khovd aimag were affected by 5.0-6.0 magnitude tremor.
Astronomy and geophysical researchers in Khovd aimag are
working to determine the zones and intensity of the earthquake in detail.
