4 August 2015, 09:06 (GMT+05:00)

Kyrgyz Emergency Situations Ministry has warned that Kyrgyzstan may be hit by a 9-point earthquake in the second half of 2015.

This forecast was posted on the ministry’s official website, RIA Novosti reported August 4.

Kyrgyzstan sits on a zone of destructive earthquakes. In October 2008, the Kyrgyz village of Nura, located near the country’s border with China, was almost totally destroyed by an 8-point quake.

At the time, 75 people were killed, and 150 were injured in Nura.