Quake jolts south of Kazakhstan

The network of seismic stations of the Kazakh Emergencies Ministry recorded an earthquake on March 12 at 06:15 a.m. Astana time, Kazinform News Agency reports.

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The quake was centered in Uzbekistan 684 km southwest of Almaty, 16 km away from Abai village in Turkistan region.

The magnitude 3.0 earthquake was felt in Abai village and Saryagash town in Saryagash district.

No casualties or damages were reported.

It was earlier reported that a quake was felt in Kazakhstan’s Zhetysu region on March 11.