Earthquake hits Kyrgyzstan

An earthquake was registered in the territory of Kyrgyzstan last night, 24.kg reported citing the Institute of Seismology of the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences.

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The quake occurred at 01:08 am, with the epicenter located 19 kilometers southeast of Kandzhyga village, 19 kilometers north of Ara-Bel village, 45 kilometers northeast of Kok-Yangak town, and 66 kilometers northeast of Jalal-Abad.

The intensity of tremors in Kandzhyga village reached 2 points, and in Ara-Bel village – 2.5 points.

Earlier it was reported that an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck off Ibaraki Prefecture northeast of Tokyo on August 14.