US Geological Service (USGS) reports an earthquake of magnitude 7.0, the hearth of which was in the city of Aikol in the Sinjan-Uyghur Autonomous District of China.
According to the information posted on the organization’s website, the Earthquake of Magnitite 7.0, the hearth of which was in the city of Aykol in the Xinjiang-Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, occurred at 21.09 in Pacific time.
according to this information, the earthquake occurred at a depth of 13 kilometers. After about half an hour in the region there were aftershoki with magnitude 5.1, 5.5 and 5.0.
The US Geological Service, which first said that in Kyrgyzstan there was an earthquake of magnitude 7.0, the epicenter of which was Kyzyl -Su, later clarified that the epicenter of the earthquake is the city of Ayko in China.
– the earthquake was also felt in the countries of the region
Earthquake was felt in the countries of the region, especially in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
In Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, people left their homes due to strong underground shocks in panic and took to the streets.
Emergency Minister of Emergency Situations of Kyrgyzstan, Bobek Adzhikeev, on his page on the social network, said that as a result of an earthquake that occurred at 00.09 local time, there are no destruction and victims throughout the country.
The Ministry of Emergency Situations of Kazakhstan also reported that the earthquake was felt in Almaty with magnitude 4.
In social networks, the images of people who have entered the streets in countries where the earthquake was felt.