DUSHANBE, August 18, 2011, Asia-Plus - Today at 4:51 local time Tajikistan was hit by a 2-magnitude earthquake with epicenter located 240km south-east of Dushanbe on the territory of neighboring Afghanistan, the Tajik Academy of Science’s Geophysical Service reports.

Magnitude 5 tremors reported traced at the epicenter. Dushanbe was struck by magnitude 2 tremors. No victims or damages reported.