5M quake jolts Kyrgyzstan's Osh region
An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale was registered in Osh Oblast at 03:11 am Wednesday, Kabar reports.
According to data of the Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, the epicenter of the earthquake is located 2 km west of the village of Shark, 3 km north-east of the village of Kyzyl-Kyshtak, 3 km north of the village of Tashtak, 3 km north of Osh, 4 km north of Yuri, 5 km from the village of Nariman, 5 km to the north-west of the village of Kyrgyz-Chek, 7 km to the south-west of the village of Kashgar, and 16 km south-west of the village of Kara-Suu.
In the settlements of the Kyrgyz Republic, the intensity of the earthquake was: in the city of Osh - about 5 points, in the villages of Shark, Tashtak, Kyzyl-Kyshtak, Nariman, Kyrgyz-Chek - about 5 points, in the village of Kara-Suu - 4 points.
Earlier, the network of seismic stations of the Kazakh Emergencies Ministry recorded an earthquake at 06:15 a.m. Astana time. The quake was centered in Uzbekistan 684 km southwest of Almaty, 16 km away from Abai village in Turkistan region.