Earthquake in China sends tremors to Almaty

Kazakhstan’s seismologists have registered the earthquake at 3:23 am on October 17 with the epicenter in 264 km southeast of Almaty on the territory of China.

A 2-magnitude tremors were felt in Almaty, the Kazakh Emergencies Ministry said. No casualties and damages were reported.

The Kyrgyz seismologists reported earlier about the 6-magnitude earthquake occurred near the Kyrgyz-Chinese border on October 17 at 04:23 am. Tremors were felt in the villages of Issyk-Kul region.