9 ▁km ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁S are z – Kar ak ul ▁fault ▁zone . ▁This ▁is ▁consistent ▁with ▁the ▁observed ▁distribution ▁of ▁after sh ock s ▁and ▁the ▁foc al ▁mechanism . ▁Three ▁separate ▁segments ▁were ▁involved , ▁consisting ▁of ▁two ▁longer ▁SW – NE ▁tr ending ▁segments ▁linked ▁by ▁a ▁shorter ▁more ▁W SW – EN E ▁tr ending ▁patch ▁forming ▁a ▁rest ra ining ▁b end . ▁The ▁hyp oc enter ▁is ▁located ▁within ▁the ▁south western most ▁segment . ▁The ▁earth qu ake ' s ▁detailed ▁ru pt ure ▁history ▁has ▁been ▁determined ▁using ▁a ▁back pro jection ▁method ▁using ▁tel ese ism ic ▁data ▁from ▁stations ▁in ▁the ▁European ▁se ism ic ▁network . ▁Analysis ▁has ▁shown ▁that ▁the ▁ru pt ure ▁propag ated ▁to ▁the ▁n ortheast ▁initially ▁at ▁spe eds ▁below ▁the ▁S - wave ▁velocity ▁( sub she ar ), ▁but ▁jump ing ▁to ▁su pers he ar ▁spe eds . ▁At ▁the ▁rest ra ining ▁b end ▁it ▁slow ed ▁to ▁sub she ar ▁spe eds ▁before ▁acceler ating ▁again ▁to ▁su pers he ar ▁spe eds ▁on ▁the ▁third ▁segment . ▁ ▁See ▁also ▁ ▁List ▁of ▁earth qu akes ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁List ▁of ▁earth qu akes ▁in ▁T aj ik istan ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁T aj ik istan ▁Earth qu ake ▁T aj ik istan ▁earth qu ake ▁T aj ik istan ▁ 2 0 1 5 <0x0A> </s> ▁Sir ▁F