An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 that occurred in the Azerbaijani waters of the Caspian Sea was felt in Aktau, Kazakhstan, the Emergency Ministry Situations of Kazakhstan said, Report informs via Kazakh media.
“On the territory of Kazakhstan, tremors with an intensity of 3 points on the 12-point MSK-64 scale were felt in Aktau (the administrative center of the Caspian Mangistau region),” Kazakh seismologists noted.
According to the ministry, the epicenter of the earthquake was at a depth of 35 km at a distance of 2,289 km from the Kazakh city of Almaty.