Magnitude 5.4 quake hits south of Kazakhstan

An earthquake of magnitude 5.4 has occurred in the south of Kazakhstan, according to the seismological experimental and methodological expedition of the Kazakh Ministry of Emergency Situations, Report informs referring to TASS.

The tremor was recorded at 19:02 local time. The epicenter of the disaster was located 628 km west of Almaty. The source lay at a depth of 5 km.

According to seismologists, an earthquake measuring 2-3 points on the MSK-64 scale was felt in the third largest city of the republic, Shymkent, with a population of more than 1.1 million people, and also a magnitude 2, in the village of Temirlan, located dozens of kilometers from Shymkent.