An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale struck the Russian Republic of Altai, without recording material damage or human losses.
The Altai-Sayan branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, affiliated with the Federal Research Center, reported in a statement that at 08:24 UTC (11:24 Moscow time) an earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale was detected. On the border of Ust-Knasky and Shibalinsky districts, in a mountainous area not far from the territory of Kazakhstan in the Russian Altai region.
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