M6.1 earthquake near Rishton, Fergana

What happened

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck 16 km NNE of Aydarken, Kyrgyzstan on 19 Jul 2011, 19:35 UTC at a depth of 20 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Strong. Can cause damage in populated areas up to tens of kilometres away. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is Rishton, about 32 km away in Fergana, Uzbekistan.