Powerful Quake Shakes Up Eastern Kazakhstan

2025-05-23 08:05:23

(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 23. A magnitude 4.6 earthquake has struck eastern Kazakhstan on Thursday, shaking an area near the city of Taldykorgan, officials said, Trend reports via the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) indicated that the seismic event's epicentral coordinates were situated approximately 20 kilometers from Taldykorgan, a municipality with a demographic footprint of roughly 145,000 inhabitants.

The seismic event initiated at a profundity of 20 kilometers.

Regulatory bodies have yet to disseminate any preliminary assessments regarding casualties or structural impairments.

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