Russia was shaken by three earthquakes at once (photo, video).


In the Kemerovo region of the Russian Federation, three earthquakes occurred at night, reported Russian telegram channels.
The first tremors were felt at midnight on September 20. According to the local branch of the Unified Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the earthquake's magnitude was 4.6, with an intensity of 5.8 at the epicenter.
«As a result of the earthquake, the large crack in Old Sheregesh became even bigger and deeper», Russians report.
Local residents report several tremors, some of them heard a rumbling during the earthquake.
In buildings located in the tremor zone, plaster cracked and tiles fell off. The ceiling was also damaged in the Sheregesh cultural center.
According to the regional Ministry of Emergency Situations, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 occurred in the Tashtagol district of the Kemerovo region, but there were no socially significant object destructions.
In the Kemerovo region of the Russian Federation, three earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.3 occurred at once. In homes, plaster crumbled and tiles fell, and bottles of alcohol were broken in stores pic.twitter.com/hytOTct30C
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Rescue teams are working within a 50 km radius from the epicenter of the earthquake. They are inspecting areas and residential sectors to identify damages.
Let's recall that in August, an earthquake and volcanic eruption occurred near the shores of Kamchatka.
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