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/ 30 July 2006

Quake shakes Tajikistan, at least three dead

An earthquake measuring 5,5 on the Richter scale killed at least three children and left more than a thousand people without shelter in the south of Tajikistan, the emergencies ministry said on Sunday. The earthquake, whose epicentre was in northern Afghanistan about 180km south of the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, hit at 3.57pm local time on Saturday.