Is Chorkŭh safe? Tajikistan travel risk
Is Chorkŭh safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Chorkŭh scores 38/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The US State Department rates Tajikistan Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution, updated 4 Sep 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Chorkŭh scores 38/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and Tajikistan (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Chorkŭh: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (45/100) and natural hazards (50/100).
A score of 38 is higher than the scores of 47% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the Tajikistan travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Charted at coordinates 39.9739° N, 70.5822° E in Sughd, Chorkŭh maintains a regional distance of 222.7 km SW to Dushanbe.
Sughd
39.9739° N, 70.5822° E
Lowland
UTC
37,065
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in Tajikistan
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Chorkŭh happened in April, May and June (6 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
2 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M5.8 on 13 Apr 2025 (121 km away) — USGS details
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