Kazakh seismologists register two earthquakes

ASTANA. KAZINFORM The network of seismic stations of the Ministry of Emergencies of Kazakhstan has recorded two earthquakes on February 27, Kazinform reports.
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The first quake measuring 5.6 on the MPV scale stroke at 03:42 am at a depth of 15 kilometers. Its epicenter was 279 kilometers southeast of Almaty, in the territory of Kyrgyzstan. The coordinates of the epicenter are 42.10° north latitude and 79.97° east longitude. Tremors with a magnitude of 2.0 were felt in Almaty.

Another quake measuring 5.6 on the MPV scale occurred at 05:58 am at a depth of 10 kilometers. Its epicenter was 278 kilometers southeast of Almaty, on the Kyrgyz-Chinese border. The coordinates of the epicenter are 41.89° north latitude, 79.78° east longitude.


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