Earthquake shakes Kazakhstan's biggest city

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An earthquake jolted Kazakhstan's biggest city of Almaty on Monday, sending dozens of people scurrying to safety outdoors as sirens went off.

The quake of magnitude, estimated at about 5 on the Richter Scale, in Almaty by Kazakhstan's emergencies ministry, was also felt in Bishkek, the capital of neighbouring Kyrgyzstan.

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