In April 2013 another earthquake was recorded in Almaty

One of the terrible disasters of the planet is an earthquake. From it you can not hide anywhere, because the whole earth is moving, houses collapsing, and getting out of the risk zone is almost impossible. Seismological services in Kyrgyzstan do not consider earth tremors such rare phenomena. The earthquake in Almaty especially intensified in April this year. In this place, such phenomena are far from extraordinary, since the movement of lithospheric plates, on the border of which the city is, is still occurring.

Kemin earthquake of 1911

The earthquake in Almaty is not uncommon, but it is impossible to fully prepare for this natural disaster. The end of the nineteenth century was remembered by the local residents of Wernersky in 1887 and by Chilik in 1889 by earthquakes. The force of the earthquake then reached 9 points. The City of the Faithful suffered great damage. No sooner had the inhabitants forgotten about these calamities, as on January 4, 1911, the element reminded of itself with renewed vigor. Kemin earthquake began at 4 hours 26 minutes, and the magnitude of its tremors reached 9-10 points. Such damage to the city throughout the twentieth century did not cause any element. The jolts spread in all directions and were characterized by strong horizontal shocks.
The earthquake in Almaty did not leave a single whole house. Some of the building elements destroyed completely, a huge amount suffered, but still subject to repair work.

Later, a list of houses was compiled, among which 616 were completely destroyed. And more than 1000 required repairs. The peculiarity of this earthquake was that the tremors continued for a long period of time. The earthquake of Almaty, according to seismologists, spread to large areas, and was felt 1,000 kilometers from the center of events. Eyewitnesses say that people did not have time to run out of houses and were buried under their wreckage. The earth seemed to collapse: huge cracks passed even under the foundation of residential houses. Each subsequent push was stronger and more lengthy than the previous one, and was also characterized by a buzz. According to official data, this earthquake in Almaty killed 390 people.

Current situation in Almaty

April of this year will be remembered for a long time by the inhabitants of Almaty. The earthquake in certain places reached a power of 4.5 points. The first tremors were recorded on April 21, their magnitude was 4.2 points and they were insensible to the inhabitants. But the seismologists expected that the continuation will continue. And it did not take long to wait: on April 24, new earth tremors by force of 4.4 points were recorded by the relevant services in 514 km from Almaty. During the earthquake on April 28, whose center was 200 km from the city, did not include sirens. Emergency Minister Vladimir Bozhko said that the magnitude of the tremors did not exceed 4.5 points. Instead of a siren, he announced, they ran a running line through all channels and gave a verbal message over the radio stations of the city. According to him, it would be most convenient to send sms messages to the residents. But not all mobile operators go to meet the authorities, because they require payment for services. The villages Kegen and Narynkolu were in the center of events, and the depth of the pushes spread 10 km deep. Seismologists predicted underground activity in this place even at the beginning of May.