11:15, 23 января 2024, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Tatyana KUDRYAVTSEVA
Six earthquakes occurred in China near the border with Kyrgyzstan tonight. The Institute of Seismology of the National Academy of Sciences said.
It is reported that:
The first earthquake occurred at 00.09 a.m. Its intensity at the epicenter was magnitude 8. It is noted that magnitude of the tremors reached 6 in Kumtor area, in Karakol and Kadzhi-Say — 4.5, Naryn — 4, Bishkek — 3;
The second quake occurred at 00.42 a.m. Its intensity reached magnitude 6, in Kumtor area — about 4, in Karakol, Kadzhi-Sai, Naryn — about 3;
The third was recorded at 1.36 a.m. with an intensity of magnitude 6. The magnitude of tremors reached 3.5 in the Kumtor area, in Karakol, Kadzhi-Say, Naryn — about 3;
The fourth occurred at 2.57 a.m. with magnitude 5. The strength of the tremors at Kumtor mine was about magnitude 3;
The fifth was at 5.19 a.m. with magnitude 6. In Kyrgyzstan, magnitude of the earthquake in the Kumtor area reached 3;
The sixth was recorded at 7.18 a.m. Its magnitude was 5.5 points, in Kumtor area — about 3.
According to preliminary data from the Ministry of Emergency Situations, there are no casualties or destruction caused by the earthquakes in Kyrgyzstan.