An earthquake of magnitude 5 occurred on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.

A magnitude 5 earthquake occurred on the border of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. This was announced on May 6 by the Kyrgyz Institute of Seismology on its website.

It is specified that the tremors were recorded at 14:08 local time (11:08 Moscow time). Their intensity was 5 points.

"The earthquake was located on the territory of Tajikistan (Zaalai ridge), 23 km south-east of the village of Bor-Debe, 38 km south of the village of Kara-Kindik, 48 km south-west of the village of Nura, 142 km south-east of the city of Osh," — it says in the publication.

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