M5.7 quake strikes China

According to the network of seismic stations of the National Scientific Center for Seismological Observations and Research, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 struck China on Tuesday at 12:58 p.m. Astana time, Kazinform News Agency reports.

M5.7 quake strikes China
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The epicenter located 319 kilometers southeast of Almaty, at 40.782 degrees north latitude and 78.865 degrees east longitude, at a depth of 5 kilometers. The energy class was 12.3. The intensity in Almaty reached 2.

Earlier, it was reported a 5.1M earthquake hit the East Kazakhstan region.

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