A moderate earthquake of magnitude 5.6 has struck Kyrgyzstan on November 14, just 106km south of Almaty, tengrinews correspondent reports citing European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre. The earthquake happened at 7:24 a.m. Almaty time. Its epicentre was 40 kilometers to the south-east of Cholpon-Ata in Kyrgyzstan and its depth was 47 kilometers. Its coordinates were 42.32 degrees north latitude and 77.32 degrees east longitude. Meanwhile, the website of the Seismological Experimental-Methodical Expedition of the Committee of Science of the Ministry of Education of Kazakhstan reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was 130 kilometers south of Almaty and its magnitude reached 6.0. The tremor was felt very clearly in Almaty even though the magnitude there was only 3-4. It was followed by two other earthquakes with M4.2 and M5.3 at 7:56 a.m. and 8:09 a.m., both originating at the territory of Kyrgyzstan, the Kazakh agency reported.
INC News, 14/11/2014-via AK Zhaik
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