An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 was recorded in Kamchatka. As reported “RIA News” with reference to the regional branch of the Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences, tremors occurred near Bering Island at 21:23 (MSK) on Tuesday, September 20.
The source of the earthquake lay 28 km from the village of Nikolskoye, Aleutian District, at a depth of 24 km, the TV channel notes. “Star”.
On September 19, a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.7 struck western Mexico. Because of it, about 1.2 million people were left without electricity in five regions. As writes RTMexico City, the capital of the country, was hit the hardest.
It is also known that one person died and one was injured in the earthquake. The source of the earthquake was in a mountainous area. The impact was felt in several regions in southern, western, and central Mexico. The tremor happened an hour after the start of the planned exercises to respond to earthquakes. Residents of Mexico City heard the alarm for the second time in a day and left the premises, writes REGNUM.
After the earthquake, more than 160 aftershocks were recorded, the magnitude of the strongest was 5.3, the TV channel reports. “360”.
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