An earthquake has killed up to 70 people in the central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan.
The quake, measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale according to the US Geological Survey, jolted an area between Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan yesterday evening.
An emergencies ministry spokesman said another 50 people were injured and at least 128 houses in the high-altitude village of Nura on Kyrgyzstan's border with China had been destroyed.
'Some have been severely injured,' the spokesman added.
He said the emergencies ministry and the military were sending more rescue teams and doctors to the village, which has a population of just under 1,000.
The country's emergencies ministry originally said it had no information of major destruction or casualties.
