Fig. 1 presents fragments of records obtained from digital stations Ala-Archa (∆ 3.3º), Kurchatov (∆ 9.3º), Jazator (∆ 10.4º), Zalesovo (∆ 13.2º), Kungurtug (∆ 16.0º). Fig. 2 presents fragments of records obtained from digital stations Arti (∆ 19.9º), Talaya (∆ 20.0º), Ulaanbaatar (∆ 21.1º), Kirov (∆ 25.2º), Kislovodsk (∆ 26.4º).

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GS RAS registered 32 aftershocks with a magnitude of M>=4.4 within two days after the main shock. Aftershocks were felt in Almaty: on January 22 at 18:42 with intensity of 2 MSK, at 23:19 with intensity of 2-3 MSK, on January 23 at 03:52, at 04:01, at 09:07 with intensity of 2 MSK, at 20:38 with intensity of 2-3 MSK.

According to TASS six people were injured in China, 47 houses were destroyed in the disaster area, and another 78 were damaged. Outbuildings were also damaged. There were power outages in some areas. The underground shocks were strongly felt throughout the Aksu district, as well as in the cities of Urumqi, Khotan and Kashgar. In Almaty, Kazakhstan, eight people were injured. Many city residents fled their homes after they felt fairly strong underground shocks. According to CSEM underground shocks were felt in Kyrgyzstan in Bishkek, Naryn with intensity of 4 MSK, in Karakol, Osh, Jalal-Abad with intensity of 3-4 MSK; in Uzbekistan in Tashkent, Andijan with intensity of 3-4 MSK, in Samarkand, Fergana with intensity of 3 MSK; in Tajikistan in Dushanbe with intensity of 3 MSK; in Kazakhstan in Astana, Taraz, Karaganda, Pavlodar with intensity of 3-4 MSK, in Ust-Kamenogrsk with intensity of 2-3 MSK.
According to "Seismological experimental-methodological expedition" of Kazakhstan Ministry of Emergency Situations the earthquake was felt in Kazakhstan in Almaty with intensity of 5 MSK, in Chimkent with intensity of 2 MSK.
According to GS RAS the earthquake was felt on the territory of the Russian Federation in Barnaul, Omsk, Kurgan, Tyumen, Tomsk with intensity of 2-3 MSK.
Fig. 1 was obtained from CSEM, it presents intensity map made by 4355 responses.

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Focal mechanism solution of the origin was calculated by GS RAS with signs of initial arrivals of P waves at 116 stations, including 93 stations which registered compression waves (plus signs), and 23 stations which registered tensile waves (minus signs). The stations are located in the interval of epicentral distances 0.4-93.4º and in azimuth sector Az=0-366º. Focal mechanism solution in stereographic projection on the lower hemisphere and elements of the mechanism are presented in the table. The table also contains focal mechanism solutions obtained at the USGS NEIC with WW-phase Moment Tensor (Mww) technique and in Lamont-Dohert Earth Observatory of Columbia University, USA (LDEO GCMT) with СМТ (Centroid moment tensor) technique. Solutions from different centers are close. The earthquake occurred under prevailing action of compression stresses oriented to the south (AZ=174-178º). One nodal plane NP1 strikes SW (STK=232-236º), another plane NP2 strikes E-SE (STK=107-113º), both planes are dipping to the horizon with close angles (DIP=42-62º). The type of motion along NP1 – left lateral slip with reverse fault component, along NP2 – reverse fault with right lateral slip components. The seismic moment of the earthquake was obtained by GS RAS from the spectrum of longitudinal waves at the "Magadan" station (∆=46.8º), it makes Mo=3.94*10**19 N*m, Mw=7.0. Seismic moment according to USGS NEIC makes Mo=3.731*10**19 N*m, Mww=7.0. According to LDEO GCMT it makes Mo=4.4*10**19 N*m, Mw=7.0.