Urgent: 5.3-magnitude quake hits 29 km NNW of Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan -- USGS

BEIJING, March 4 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 29 km NNW of Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan at 0622 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. ■