“I offer my condolences over the loss of life caused by a devastating earthquake in Uzbekistan,” Dmitriy Medvedev said in the telegram.

Russian leader conveyed his sympathies to the families of those killed and wished the speedy recovery to those injured.

As reported earlier, the earthquake was registered at 0:35 on 20 July 2011. The epicenter was in neighboring Kyrgyz Republic.

Tashkent Seismic station said that magnitude of earthquake in the Uzbek capital, Ferghana and Namangan made up 5, Termez - 4 and Samarkand - 3.

The epicenter of earthquake was in Kyrgyz Republic, 227 km to south east from Tashkent, 43 km from Ferghana, 60 km from Qoqand and 98 km from Namangan and its magnitude was 6.5-7.

According to the Emergency Ministry of Uzbekistan, the earthquake damaged some buildings in Rishtan, Bagdad and Uzbekistan districts of Ferghana region, eastern Uzbekistan.

As a result, 13 people died, and 86 were provided with emergency medical aid, while 35 of them were hospitalized.