Kyrgyzstan Earthquake: Overview of affected population, damages and response (as of 27 November 2015)

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck Osh oblast (province) of the Kyrgyz Republic on 17 November 2015 causing mostly damageto houses. In total six districts were affected: Alay, Aravan, Chong-Alay, Kara-Kulja, Kara-Suu, and Ozgon,. The epicenter was registered in Karasu district . Several aftershocks followed over the next few days, the biggest of which had a magnitude of 5.1M registered on 20 November 2015 at 10:45. Based on results of Ministry of Emergency Situations’ (MoES) damage assessment over 3 000 houses damaged and more than 16 000 people affected in 6 districts of Osh region.

MoES delivered non-food items (NFIs) (winterized tents, heaters, blankets) and food items (flour, oil, sugar) to the affected population. In addition, Kyrgyzstan Red Crescent conducted needs assessment, delivered NFIs (kitchen sets, hygiene kits) to the most affected areas and deployed two mobile clinics. UNICEF provided 25 winterized tents