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| Earthquake of magnitude 3.5 hits Sochi |
| 2025-01-12 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] On the night of January 11, an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.5 occurred in Sochi. This was reported by the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for Krasnodar Krai. It is noted that the epicenter of the tremors was located at a depth of 5 km. "No appeals have been received from the population. Infrastructure and life support facilities are functioning normally," Rossiyskaya Gazeta quoted the press service as saying. The department clarified that no one was killed or injured as a result of the seismic event. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on January 7, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake occurred in the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) in southwestern China, with its center located at a depth of 10 km. As a result, 126 people died and another 188 were injured. China Central Television reported on January 8 that Chinese seismologists recorded 515 aftershocks in Tibet in 24 hours after the main destructive earthquake. The strongest tremor, with a magnitude of 4.4, occurred about 18 km from the epicenter of the main quake. More from regnum.ru New earthquake hits Sochi A new earthquake occurred in Sochi on the evening of January 11. This was reported by the head of the city's seismic service Elena Karpovich. "At approximately 20:45 Moscow time, a small earthquake occurred in Sochi. The instruments have not yet processed the exact force of the tremor," Interfax quotes her as saying. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #1 Pretty minor earthquake, only of real interest as part of a pattern of foreshocks (or aftershocks.) |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2025-01-12 15:58 |