Quake felt in Turkistan region

Kazakhstani seismologists recorded an earthquake in the territory of Kazakhstan, Kazinform News Agency reports.

The network of seismic stations registered on December 9 an earthquake at 08:31:10 a.m. Astana time. It was centered in Kazakhstan 742 km southwest of Almaty.

2 magnitude earthquake was felt in Atakent village, Maktaaral district, Turkistan region, the Kazakh Emergencies Ministry said.

No casualties and damages were reported.

Early December a magnitude 7.0 earthquake shook parts of Northern California early Thursday, triggering a brief tsunami warning that led to evacuations in some coastal areas of Northern California and the San Francisco Bay.