Earthquake occurs at Kyrgyz-Uzbek border -- US geol service
08:44, 20 July 2011
WASHINGTON. July 20. KAZINFORM An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 occurred at the border between Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan on Tuesday at 23: 35, Moscow time, the US Geological Service reported; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
The epicenter of the earth jolts was 42 km south-west of the Uzbek city of Ferghana, the administrative center of the region of the same name, while the focus of the temblor was at a depth of 9.2 km. There has been no word about any victims or damage.
On October 5, 2008, an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 at ground level rocked Nura Village in Kyrgyzstan's south, killing 75 people, injuring about 150, and destroying 95 percent of buildings in that populated area.