BISHKEK, January 22 Casualties and destruction in According to preliminary data, there is no result of a strong earthquake on the border of Kyrgyzstan and China, the press service of the Kyrgyz Ministry of Emergency Situations told reporters on Monday.
“According to preliminary information, there are no casualties or destruction as a result of the earthquake. Currently, employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations are collecting information and taking appropriate measures,” said a representative of the press service.
The department also urged “not to believe the fake information spread on social networks about the possibility of a new earthquake and not to panic.”
According to the Institute of Seismology of Kyrgyzstan, an earthquake of magnitude 7 occurred at 00.09 local time (21.09 Moscow time) in China near the border with Kyrgyzstan, 339 kilometers from Bishkek. In the settlements of the republic closest to the epicenter, the intensity of the tremors was about 5 points.