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Quake strikes 341km away from Almaty ALMATY. KAZINFORM – An earthquake has been recorded 341km southeast of the city of Almaty at 02:59am Almaty time on March 5, 2021, Kazinform reports.

05.03.2021 09:40

Earthquake hits southeast of Almaty city ALMATY. KAZINFORM – An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the MPV scale has been recorded 303km away from the city of Almaty at 1:47am Almaty time on March 4, 2021, Kazinform reports.

04.03.2021 09:30

It is a tragedy for the entire country, Kazakh President condoles over death of children NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev sent a telegram of condolences following the death of children killed in a fire in Zhanatas town, the Facebook account of the press secretary of the Kazakh President, Berik Uali, reads.

20.02.2021 16:44

Five kids die in house fire TARAZ. KAZINFORM «A tragedy occurred today in Zhanatas in Sarysu district that shocked the people,» the Facebook account of Governor of Zhambyl region Berdibek Saparbayev reads.

20.02.2021 14:00

Search under way for fishing boat off eastern coast POHANG. KAZINFORM The South Korean Coast Guard was searching for a fishing boat with six crew members aboard Friday after it made a distress call in choppy seas off the southeastern coast.

20.02.2021 12:50

8 killed in Uganda mudslides KAMPALA. KAZINFORM - Eight people were killed and three others injured on Thursday in mudslides caused by heavy downpours in the western Ugandan district of Buhweju, police said, Xinhua reports.

19.02.2021 17:58

Kazakh poet Shoshimbai Sariyev dies aged 75 ALMATY. KAZINFORM – Honored worker of Kazakhstan Shoshimbai Sariyev has passed away at the age of 75, the press service of the Kazakh Ministry of Culture and Sport stated, Kazinform correspondent reports.

15.02.2021 17:15

At least 30 injured after 7.3-magnitude quake strikes off northeastern Japan TOKYO. KAZINFORM - At least 30 people were injured after an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.3 struck off Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan late Saturday, Xinhua reports.

14.02.2021 13:20

Earthquake hits 330km away from Almaty NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM – An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the MPV scale has been recorded northeast of Almaty city at 04:40 Almaty time on February 10, Kazinform reports.

10.02.2021 09:04

26 bodies retrieved, 180 still missing in glacier-hit north India NEW DELHI. KAZINFORM As many as 26 dead bodies have been retrieved from the areas affected by the glacier burst in India's northern hilly state of Uttarakhand, local officials confirmed with Xinhua on Tuesday.

09.02.2021 21:35

Istanbul hit by heavy storm ISTANBUL. KAZINFORM - Turkey’s largest city was hit with a heavy storm early Tuesday, with trees and roofs toppled, Anadolu Agency reports.

09.02.2021 12:19

Earthquake strikes 50km away from Almaty ALMATY. KAZINFORM – The earthquake has been recorded 50km southeast of the city of Almaty within the territory of Kazakhstan at 07:07am Almaty time, Kazinform reports.

09.02.2021 09:46

11 miners rescued from east China gold mine after 14 days JINAN. KAZINFORM Eleven miners were rescued on Sunday after being trapped underground for two weeks due to a blast in a gold mine in east China's Shandong Province.

25.01.2021 09:09

Two earthquakes rock central, southern Chile SANTIAGO. KAZINFORM - An earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale hit the Magallanes and Antarctica region in the south of Chile on Saturday evening, with no reported casualties or damage to infrastructure, Xinhua reports.

24.01.2021 13:51

Famed Kazakhstani skier Nikolay Chebotko dies in car accident NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM - Nikolay Chebotko, famed Kazakhstani skier, bronze medalist of the World Ski Championships 2013, has passed away today, Kazinform has learnt from the official Instagram page of the Cross Country Skiing Federation of Kazakhstan.

24.01.2021 12:43

No Kazakhstanis suffered in explosion in Madrid NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM There are no Kazakhstan nationals among those suffered and died in an explosion occurred at the capital of Spain, Madrid, on January 20, Kazinform reports.

21.01.2021 16:25

Worker trapped at ArcelorMittal Temirtau mine TEMIRTAU. KAZINFORM At 09:53 p.m. January 13, 2021 increased methane gas emission and coal small fraction fines released during the exploratory well drilling at the Lenin mine of the ArcelorMittal Temirtau JSC coal department, the Emergency Situations Ministry’s press service reports.

14.01.2021 12:04

Rescue underway after gold mine blast traps 22 in east China JINAN. KAZINFORM More than 300 rescuers have joined the search for 22 workers who were trapped underground after an explosion ripped through a gold mine under construction in east China's Shandong Province, local authorities said Tuesday.

13.01.2021 10:15

Rescuers recover 1st black box from Indonesia plane crash site JAKARTA. KAZINFORM Indonesian rescue teams on Tuesday recovered one of the black boxes from the wreckage of the Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 that crashed into the sea shortly after take-off from Jakarta over the weekend killing all 62 people on board.

13.01.2021 09:31

Search of crashed Indonesian jetliner focuses on finding black boxes JAKARTA. KAZINFORM The third day of searching for victims and wreckage of a B-737-500 crash in the sea off Jakarta was focused Monday on an area where the «black box» flight recorders were located the previous day.

11.01.2021 17:41

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