Kyrgyzstan may be hit by devastating earthquake
14:55, 4 August 2015
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Kyrgyz Emergency Situations Ministry has warned that Kyrgyzstan may be hit by a 9-point earthquake in the second half of 2015, Kazinform refers to Trend.az.
This forecast was posted on the ministry's official website, RIA Novosti reported August 4.
Kyrgyzstan sits on a zone of destructive earthquakes. In October 2008, the Kyrgyz village of Nura, located near the country's border with China, was almost totally destroyed by an 8-point quake.
At the time, 75 people were killed, and 150 were injured in Nura.