On the night of Tuesday, January 23 an earthquake with magnitude 7 was recorded on the border of China, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan reported that the tremors in Almaty had a magnitude of 5. Furniture was shaking, dishes were rattling and chandeliers were swaying. Residents in a hurry to leave their homes, some did not even have time to put on outer clothing. It is noted that cracks formed in some buildings.
Earthquake in Kazakhstan was also recorded on January 14 this year.
However, there was no official information about casualties and destruction.
The earthquake was also felt by residents of Bishkek and Tashkent.
It is reported that neither in Kyrgyzstan, nor in Uzbekistan, nor in China, according to operational data, the destruction and casualties are not recorded.
As specified by TASS, the origin of the earthquake lay at a depth of 9 km in the Xinjiang Uygur region of China.
Recall, January 20, tremors were felt on Sakhalin.